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It’s been 5 days since Diwali, but the heavy smog that settled in a day after, refuses to rise. The sun struggled to break through on yet another day in Delhi on 1st November with most places breathing air that ranged from 450 to 800 on the AQI index at 10 am.
Parts of Chennai also recorded unusually high pollution with levels near the US consulate well over 300.
Mumbai breathed easy and Bengaluru and Hyderabad air quality is unhealthy for sensitive people.
On November 1st, the Delhi Chief Minister started a mask distribution drive with an aim to distribute 50 lakh masks today.
Here’s what the numbers mean. The World Health Organisation identifies pollution levels are ranging from:
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