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

By IANS | Updated: October 31, 2020 14:35 IST

New Delhi, Oct 31 The share of stubble burning in Delhi's air pollution is estimated to have increased ...

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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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