gurugramUpdated: Oct 09, 2019 21:09 ISTA day after Dussehra, on Wednesday, the air quality in Gurugram fell to the ‘moderate’ category after being in the ‘satisfactory’ category for at least three consecutive weeks, showed data from the Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) air quality index (AQI) bulletin. Last year, the day after Dussehra had recorded ‘very poor’ air quality, with an AQI reading of 374, as per the CPCB data. Ventilation index lower than 6000 m2/s, with average wind speed less than 10 kmph, is unfavourable for dispersion of pollutants. According to officials and experts, the AQI is likely to remain in the moderate category this week. “Though towards the end of the week, we might see the air quality deteriorate and enter the upper end of the moderate category,” said a scientist at the CPCB’s air quality lab in Delhi.

Source: Hindustan Times October 09, 2019 15:40 UTC