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Title: Delhi’s air quality ‘poor’, share of stubble burning in city’s pollution increases
Source:The Hindu Business Line
Date:17 October 2020
The national capital’s air quality was recorded in the “poor” category on 17 October 2020 and the share of stubble burning in the city’s PM2.5 pollution stood at 19 per cent, according to a central government agency. The city recorded a 24-hour average air quality index (AQI) of 286. The Ministry of Earth Sciences’ air quality monitor, SAFAR, said the farm fire count around Haryana, Punjab and its nearby regions across the International Border on 17 October 2020 was 882.
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