Gurugram air worst in the country for second consecutive day

The PM2.5 concentration was 481ug/m3, up from Wednesday’s 453ug/m3. The average daily safe limit of PM2.5 is 60ug/m3, according to the National Ambient Air Quality standards.

For the second consecutive day, air quality in the city remained the worst in the country. Thursday was also the third consecutive day that Gurugram’s air quality was in the ‘severe’ category, showing 426 on the Air Quality Index (AQI), up 10 points from Wednesday’s 416.

A senior member of the Central Pollution Control Board’s air quality lab said the marginal increase in pollution was due to a drop in daytime temperature from 30.5 degrees Celsius (HT File)

The PM2.5 concentration was 481ug/m3, up from Wednesday’s 453ug/m3. The average daily safe limit of PM2.5 is 60ug/m3, according to the National Ambient Air Quality standards.

A senior member of the Central Pollution Control Board’s air quality lab said the marginal increase in pollution was due to a drop in daytime temperature from 30.5 degrees Celsius on Wednesday to 30 degrees Celsius on Thursday