Delhi’s Anand Vihar monitoring station recorded the AQI in the “severe” category with an index value of 443 at 9.20 am on Friday.

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The transport department is issuing notices to vehicle owners without valid PUCCs to get them within a week or face suspension of registration certificates.

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Gautam Buddh Nagar had 8,26,110 registered vehicles, including 94,299 diesel and 7,31,811 petrol, as on October 1, according to transport department data

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For the first time in 102 days, the pollution level increased to a point where the air quality was seen in the poor category

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The decision was taken at a meeting of officials from environment, transport and traffic departments on September 29 during which modalities and implementation of the plan were discussed, he said.

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Delhi government’s move to prohibit the production and distribution of firecrackers, including green crackers, until 1 January 2023 aims at preventing the air quality from deteriorating, especially during Diwali. But the move comes with many unintended repercussions

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The city experienced strong winds in the past few days that dispersed the pollutants in the atmosphere, according to the Haryana State Pollution Control Board.

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While Beijing in China had the highest PM2.5-attributable death rate of 124 in 2019, Delhi and Kolkata ranked sixth and eighth, respectively.

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