pollution in gurugram
Even in Haryana, adjacent to Delhi, the air level has become extremely poisonous. On Thursday (November 14), more than 400 AQIs were registered in many parts of Haryana. Chandigarh on Thursday recorded the worst air quality in the country with the area’s air quality index (AQI) hitting the ‘severe’ category for the first time this season. The air quality in many parts of Haryana and Punjab was also recorded in the ‘very poor’ and ‘poor’ category.
According to the Sameer app of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the air quality index (AQI) in Chandigarh was recorded at 427 at 12 noon. According to CPCB data, the AQI was recorded at 460 at the air quality monitoring station in Sector-22, Chandigarh, 365 in Sector-25 and 455 in Sector-53.
Chandigarh air is worse than Delhi
According to the data, Chandigarh’s air quality was worse than Delhi, where the AQI was recorded at 424 at 12 noon. Chandigarh Congress MP Manish Tewari, in a post on social media platform ‘X’, urged Union Territory Administrator and Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria to consider closing all schools. The Union Territory’s air quality has remained in the ‘very poor’ category for the past few days, making it one of the cities with the worst air quality in the country.
How polluted is the air in which city?
In Haryana, the AQI was 323 in Gurugram, 299 in Panchkula, 293 in Bahadurgarh, 289 in Hisar, 269 in Sonipat, 246 in Kaithal, 223 in Kurukshetra and 228 in Yamunanagar. The air quality index in Amritsar, Punjab, was recorded at 325, Ludhiana at 211, Mandi Gobindgarh at 210 and Bathinda at 192. The AQI ranges between 0-50 as “good”, 51-100 as “satisfactory”, 101 -200 as “moderate”, 201-300 as “bad”, 301-400 as “very poor” and 401-500 as “bad”. ‘. It is considered to be in the ‘serious’ category. Stubble burning in Punjab and Haryana after harvesting of the paddy crop in October and November is often blamed for the rise in air pollution in Delhi. (PTI input-language)
