Delhi registered air quality in the ‘very poor’ and ‘poor’ category. The Air quality in areas like Alipur stood at 324, Anand Vihar at 357, 356 at Ashok Vihar, 323 at Dwarka sector-8, 330 at ITO, 370 at Jahangirpuri, 337 at Narela, 352 at Punjabi Bagh, 356 at RK Puram, 319 at Rohini, 373 at Shadipur, 381 at Wazirpur. Some locations around the National Capital Region also recorded ‘very poor’ to ‘poor’ category air including Noida where AQI stood at 322, AQI in Greater Noida stood at 314.
Gurugram recorded ‘poor’ category air at 249, in Ghaziabad AQI stood at 283, 275 at Faridabad. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', 401 and 450 'severe' and above 450 'severe-plus'. Speaking of cities with worst air quality index, the national capital stood at number 6 with AQI at 326.
Speaking of top spots, three Bihar cities stood in the top 5 ranking namely, Katihar recording the worst AQI at 393, Saharsa with AQI at 379, Purnia with AQI at 373, and Bhagalpur with AQI at 351. Three Uttar Pradesh cities namely Muzaffarnagar, Noida and Greater Noida were on the list of cities with the worst AQI. An AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good', 51 and 100 'satisfactory', 101 and 200 'moderate', 201 and 300 'poor', 301 and 400 'very poor', 401 and 450 'severe' and above 450 'severe-plus'.
1. Katihar (Bihar) 393 2. Saharsa (Bihar) 379 3.
Purnia (Bihar) 373 4. Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh) 362 5. Bhagalpur (Bihar) 351 6.
Delhi 326 7. Ludhiana (Punjab) 324 8. Chhapra (Bihar) 322 9.
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