Gurgaon: The city’s air quality further deteriorated on Monday but remained in the ‘poor’ category owing to slow wind speed suppressing pollutants’ dispersion.
The overall air quality index (AQI) of Gurgaon was recorded at 291 from Sunday’s AQI recorded at 242, according to the Central Pollution Control Board AQI data.
In the past five days, the city air quality was in the ‘poor’ category barring Friday when it improved to ‘moderate’. The AQI reading was at 204 on Saturday, 107 on Friday and 289 on Thursday.
According to officials of the Haryana State Pollution Control Board, the air quality is likely to deteriorate further due to cold waves and dip in temperature.
Meanwhile, the air pollution situation in Delhi was worse this November as against the same month last year, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data shows.
The average air quality index (AQI) this year was 328 as compared with 312 last November.
In 2020, Delhi also recorded nine “severe” days in November as against seven in 2019, five in 2018 and seven in 2017. Experts said November was more polluted this year mostly due to meteorological conditions and Diwali.