Delhi-NCR Air Quality: Greater Noida has recorded an AQI of 220 as farm fires cross 1000 across seven states.
\n\nDelhi-NCR's air quality remains uneven, with Greater Noida already recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 220 in the ‘poor’ category, while Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurugram and Faridabad are currently in the ‘moderate’ category. The Ministry of Earth Sciences has forecast that Delhi's air quality will slip into the ‘poor’ category from Monday, October 19, and remain there for the next six days.
\n\nThe warning comes as satellite data from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) detected 208 crop-residue burning events across seven states on Sunday, October 18, raising concerns over the seasonal rise in pollution.
\n\nThe current AQI readings across the National Capital Region (NCR) are:
\n\nGreater Noida is therefore the only city among the six listed that has crossed into the poor category based on the current readings provided.
\n\nDelhi's AQI stood at 135 in the latest readings provided, but the forecast points to a further deterioration in the coming days.
\n\nThe city's air quality had climbed to 187 at 4 pm on Sunday, up from 90 on Friday and 159 on Saturday.
\n\nOfficials attributed the rise to dry…
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