NewsMobile Pollution Watch: Delhi, Gurugram air quality dips to 'very poor'
Delhi and Gurugram’s AQIs rose to ‘very poor’ after a week of healthy air quality.
Pollution Watch brings you the measure of Air Quality Index (AQI) in major cities across the country.
The AQI is measured by taking into account the PM (particulate matter). The pollution of a place is measured either in PM10 or PM2.5, depending on which particle is more dominant in the air in that place.
PM10 is the particle which is 10 micrometers or less in diameter and PM2.5 is the finer particle with a diameter measuring 2.5 micrometers or less.
PM2.5 is considered more harmful since it is finer and can travel more deeply into the lungs and cause very harmful effects. These tiny particles in the air reduce visibility and cause the air to appear hazy when their levels are high.
*All levels are measured in PM2.5
DELHI
India Gate, DelhiMandir Marg- 246
Shantipath- 300
R.K. Puram- 316
Shanti Niketan- 300
Dwarka- 104
HARYANA
GurugramGurugram- 274
Faridabad- 291
Rohtak- 142
MUMBAI
Gateway of India, MumbaiPirojshanagar- 72
MPCB Bandra- 61
Bandra East- 101
Lower Parel- 49 PM10
BENGALURU
Cubbon Park, BengaluruBTM Layout- 127
BWSSB- 43
Peenya- 43
Saneguravahalli- 55 PM10
The pollution level figures are as per the data taken on Monday at 11:00 IST unless mentioned otherwise. The NGT has formed a committee to look for ways to combat the growing hazards for air pollution in Delhi.
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