Topic: Delhi air quality
Light showers bring no respite, take Delhi’s toxic smog to season’s worst
While SAFAR recorded an AQI of 650 at 11 am Sunday, CPCB, another govt monitor, estimated it at 428 at 10 am.
At 35%, share of stubble burning in Delhi’s air pollution season’s highest, finds SAFAR
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Delhi has been engulfed in a hazardous haze since Monday primarily due to Diwali celebrations, stubble burning and unfavourable weather.
Govt agencies can’t agree if Delhi’s air quality after Diwali was ‘severe’ or ‘very poor’
CPCB said Delhi's Air Quality Index the morning after Diwali was a 'very poor' 368, while SAFAR reported a 'severe' reading of 506.
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