There's no respite for residents of Delhi and adjoining NCR as the air quality in the region continues to deteriorate. On Sunday, the Air Quality Index in parts of Gurugram remained 'very poor' while it was 'poor' in Noida, Ghaziabad and Faridabad. Likewise, Faridabad also saw a poor AQI recorded at 297 at the station in Sector 11 followed by 276 at New Industrial Town and 240 at Sector 16A. In Noida, the AQI was measured at 255 by the station at Sector 62 and 224 at Sector 116. On the other hand, Delhiites woke up to 'poor' air quality on Sunday morning with an air quality index (AQI) of 275 at 8:30 am.

Source: dna October 19, 2020 04:55 UTC