AQI Today LIVE Update: Delhi and several other cities across India continue to experience “very poor” air quality on Wednesday, October 22. Although the national capital is always in the limelight for deteriorating air quality around Diwali, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data shows that there are a number of cities more polluted than the capital.
Haryana’s Dharuhera tops the list for worst air quality with an air quality index (AQI) of 393, missing the ‘severe’ mark by just 7 points. On the AQI 500 scale, an AQI between 201 and 300 is considered “poor”, values between 301 and 400 fall into the “very poor” category, and values above 401 are “severe”.
Delhi AQI
Residents of Delhi continue to breathe polluted toxic air on the second day after Diwali as the capital recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 345 at 7:10 a.m. A total of 35 of the 39 monitoring stations in the capital reported air quality in the “very poor” range. The places worst affected by extremely high pollution levels are Ashok Vihar, Bawana and Dilshad Garden. Meanwhile, DTU, IGI Airport and Lodhi Road recorded the best air quality in the city, falling in the ‘poor’ range.
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List of most polluted cities in all of India
Below is the list of most polluted cities across India with corresponding AQI levels
- Charkhi Dadri 364
- 332 Bhiwadi
- Ballabgarh 308
- Delhi 345
- Daruhera 393
- Fatehabad 307
- Ghaziabad 307
- Gorakhpur 330
- Gurugram 311
- Another 386
- Nandesari 303
- Narnaul 370
- Rohtak 350
- Sirsa 330
- Yamuna Nagar 345
