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Haryana's Panchgaon tops national pollution chart at AQI 380; Delhi, Punjab, UP and Rajasthan battle poor air

Panchkula, Nov 10 (UNI) Haryana's Panchgaon recorded the country's highest Air Quality Index (AQI) of 380 among 287 entries in Tuesday's national pollution bulletin, while all 12 locations reporting "very poor" air quality were concentrated in Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, highlighting the worsening air pollution challenge across northern India.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board's (CPCB) 4 p.m. bulletin, seven locations in Haryana, four in Uttar Pradesh and one in Punjab recorded AQI readings above 300, a level associated with increased respiratory health risks.
Delhi recorded an AQI of 299, remaining in the "poor" category but just one point below the threshold for "very poor" air quality. Several neighbouring locations, including Panchgaon, Ballabgarh, Gurugram, Noida and Khora, reported higher pollution levels than the national capital.
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) was identified as the prominent pollutant at most affected locations.
Haryana emerged as the worst-affected state in the bulletin in terms of the number of locations reporting very poor air quality. Panchgaon, in Gurugram district, topped the national list with an AQI of 380, followed by Ballabgarh at 340 and Kaithal at 336. Gurugram recorded 323, Sirsa 322, Hisar 316 and Kurukshetra 315, placing all seven locations in the very poor category. Pollution remained widespread across other parts of Haryana.
Bahadurgarh recorded an AQI of 299, Faridabad 290, Ambala 289, Manesar 284, Jind 276, Panipat 271 and Charkhi Dadri 270. Fatehabad reported 242, Rohtak 235, Narnaul 228, Dharuhera 227, Palwal 226, Karnal 220, Bhiwani 219, Sonipat 215 and Yamunanagar 205. All these locations were classified as having poor air quality. Panchkula, with an AQI of 160, remained in the moderate category, substantially below the readings recorded in several other Haryana cities.
Delhi's 24-hour average AQI stood at 299, with data available from 58 of its 59 monitoring stations. Both PM10 and PM2.5 were identified as prominent pollutants in the capital. The reading placed Delhi at the upper end of the poor category, while Panchgaon, Ballabgarh, Gurugram, Khora and Noida recorded very poor air quality. However, the CPCB cautions that a citywide average may conceal substantial variations between individual monitoring stations.
In Uttar Pradesh, Anpara recorded the state's highest AQI of 341, followed by Baraut at 334, Khora at 320 and Noida at 301. All four were classified as having very poor air quality. Several other cities reported poor air, including Baghpat at 277, Gorakhpur at 275, Bulandshahr at 263, Meerut at 262, Khurja at 260 and Gajraula at 259. Ghaziabad recorded an AQI of 244, Greater Noida 233, Shamli 225 and Muzaffarnagar 209. Air quality was comparatively better in some other Uttar Pradesh cities. Kanpur recorded 192, Lucknow 172, Varanasi 160 and Agra 148, all in the moderate category. Bareilly reported satisfactory air quality with an AQI of 80.
Punjab's industrial city of Ludhiana reported an AQI of 314, making it the only location in the state listed in the very poor category. Amritsar recorded 268, followed by Mandi Gobindgarh at 255, Jalandhar at 248, Khanna at 244 and Patiala at 206. All five were in the poor category, with PM2.5 identified as the prominent pollutant.
Chandigarh recorded an AQI of 150, placing the union Territory in the moderate category. The bulletin did not include Bathinda and Rupnagar because insufficient monitoring data was available.
Rajasthan also experienced widespread particulate pollution, although none of its listed locations entered the very poor category. Hanumangarh recorded the state's highest AQI of 299, matching Delhi's reading, followed by Bhiwadi at 289, Sri Ganganagar 278, Bikaner 269 and Alwar 259. Kota reported 245, Jhunjhunu 239, Khairthal 235, Churu 234, Tonk 233, Dholpur 213, Udaipur 210 and Bharatpur 204. All these locations were classified as having poor air quality.Jaipur recorded an AQI of 200, at the upper limit of the moderate category, while Jodhpur reported 182 and Ajmer 157.
The CPCB bulletin listed 12 locations with very poor air quality and none in the severe category. Under India's AQI classification, readings between 201 and 300 indicate poor air quality, while values between 301 and 400 fall in the very poor category. UNI KK NST
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