Chandigarh: The air quality remained in ‘poor’ category in many parts of Punjab and Haryana on Saturday, while it remained ‘very poor’ in Chandigarh, the capital of both the states, with AQI recorded at 322.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board’s Sameer App, the air quality index in Haryana’s Bahadurgarh was recorded at 314 at 9 am, which falls in the ‘very poor’ category.
Other places in Haryana – AQI 290 in Sonipat, 285 in Hisar, 277 in Bhiwani, 275 in Jind, 258 in Charkhi Dadri, 259 in Gurugram, 220 in Faridabad, 213 in Yamunanagar, 238 in Rohtak, 202 in Kurukshetra, 205 in Kaithal. , 198 were recorded in Fatehabad, 160 in Ambala, 181 in Sirsa and 144 in Karnal.
In Punjab, AQI was recorded at 264 in Mandi Gobindgarh, 258 in Amritsar, 257 in Rupnagar, 248 in Jalandhar, 197 in Ludhiana, 183 in Banthada, 176 in Khanna and 133 in Patiala. AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 to 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 to 200 ‘moderate’, 201 to 300 ‘poor’, 301 to 400 ‘very poor’, 401 to Between 450 is considered ‘severe’ and above 450 is considered ‘very serious’.
Stubble burning is believed to be the reason for the increase in air pollution levels in Punjab-Haryana and Delhi at this time of the year. A total of 730 incidents of stubble burning were recorded in Punjab on Friday, taking the total number of such incidents this season to 6,029.