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Air quality deteriorates sharply Delhi’s Bawana industrial area

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 2/26/2021 1:00:47 PM

New Delhi, Feb 25 The air quality index (AQI) crossed the 900- mark at an industrial area in Delhi, marking a sharp deterioration in air quality for the first time in 2021. In North Delhi’s Bawana area, the air quality deteriorated to ‘hazardous’ quality with an AQI reading of 915 — three times higher than the average AQI of 350 recorded in February last year — at around 8:30 am in the morning. Since Bawana is an industrial area, both PM2.5 and PM10 pollutant levels remain elevated in the area. The Dwarka area of the national capital occupied the second spot as AQI was recorded at 809, which also falls in the ‘hazardous’ category. An AQI of 519 was recorded in neighbouring Faridabad city and the air quality remains in the ‘hazardous’ category here as well. In the satellite cities of Noida and Greater Noida.