Season's highest stubble fires contribute majorly to Delhi's bad air

New Delhi, Oct 31 The share of stubble burning in Delhi's air pollution is estimated to have increased to 32 per cent on Saturday, up from 19 per cent a day before, due to wind direction and drastic increase in farm fires, according to central government's air quality monitoring agency.

Capital city's air quality index stood at 366 at 1 p.m., in very poor category. Anand Vihar area is the worst affected, while Lodhi Road the least.

According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research

( With inputs from IANS )

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