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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Delhi's air quality this August has been worse than that of last year: CPCB -Mallica Joshi

Delhi's air quality this August has been worse than that of last year: CPCB -Mallica Joshi

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published Published on Aug 17, 2017   modified Modified on Aug 17, 2017
-The Indian Express

According to a report prepared by CPCB in March last year, the cities of Varanasi and Faridabad are the most polluted in winters, with the air quality index regularly showing the severely polluted warning sign. Delhi is at number three, as per the report.

Delhi’s air quality has suffered more in the first two weeks of August as compared to the same time last year, data collated by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) shows. Moreover, Delhi is the second most polluted city among the neighbouring ones including Gurgaon, Faridabad, Agra and Ghaziabad.

However, Ghaziabad, where air quality monitoring was started only this year, is the most polluted with an average air quality of 126.7 as compared to Delhi’s 112.

Delhi and surrounding areas see the best air quality in the months of July and August because of the rain.

According to a report prepared by CPCB in March last year, the cities of Varanasi and Faridabad are the most polluted in winters, with the air quality index regularly showing the severely polluted warning sign. Delhi is at number three, as per the report.

In monsoon months, however, the pollution in these cities goes down considerably. Delhi, though, still sees higher pollution as compared to the others.

Rainfall has the capability to dissolve several pollutants and wash away particulate matter and dust and that is one of the reasons behind lower air pollution levels.

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The Indian Express, 17 August, 2017, http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhis-air-quality-this-august-has-been-worse-than-that-of-last-year-cpcb-4800180/


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