Ghaziabad air quality drops to the “severe” category with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 282.
As air pollution levels worsened sharply across India, Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad is no exception. The city’s air quality has dropped to the “severe” category with an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading of 282.
According to reports, the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) previously identified 17 air pollution areas across Noida and Ghaziabad, which remained persistently polluted that is caused by vehicular emissions, road dust, construction activity, and open storage of building materials.
Ritesh Tiwari, regional officer of UPPCB, Noida, told a leading media outlet, “We conducted inspections, but could not reduce the number of hot spots. They remain the same as they were last year.”
Officials who are familiar with the matter said that 10 locations lie in Noida and 7 others in Ghaziabad, the hot spots are under mitigation as per the winter action plan.
Tiwari further added, “The hot spots have been identified on the basis of sources of pollution, and extensive air-pollution abatement measures like mechanised road sweeping, water sprinkling, etc, will be taken up by the respective agencies in these areas. The areas are also affected largely by road dust, activities along flood plains, dust due to construction, and demolition activities, among others.”
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