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Gurugram - India’s most polluted city
August 15 , 2018
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- Gurugram has been declared as India’s most polluted city out of 62 cities in the country by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in its Air quality index (AQI).
- The AQI of Gurugram has crossed 300 mark marking it in the ‘Very Poor’ category of AQI.
- Peak level of Particulate Matter (PM)2.5 rose to 189 microgm/m3. The permissible limit is 60microgm/m3.
- The rise of the PM is due to the location of the city which gets a huge influx of Arabian dust storms and due to its humidity, which traps the dusts.
- 6 cities have been marked as ‘Poor’, 1 City (Gurugram) has been marked as ‘Very Poor’,
- 2 cities – Thane and Pune has been marked as ‘Good’, 26 cities marked as ‘Satisfactory’ and 27 cities as ‘Moderate’.
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