Air Quality Index also expected to slowly deteriorate in the next two days

A total of 10,114 fire incidents were recorded in Punjab during this season till May 22, including 4,092 (40%) in just the past five days.

Last year, the maximum cases of stubble burning recorded in a single day was 1,500 on May 9, 2018, across the state. This year, the maximum number of cases were recorded on May 12 at 1,291.

Stubble burning to affect city: CPCB

The air quality in Delhi and most NCR towns was ‘very poor’ as the concentration of particulate matter in the air increased.

New Delhi/Ahmedabad: Senior scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology have claimed that most of northwest India — including north Gujarat, Rajasthan, parts of Uttar Pradesh, Haryan

Gurgaon: The city authorities are gearing up to implement GRAP (graded response action plan) measures for ‘very poor’ pollution levels, after air quality continued to deteriorate and its index (AQI

Gurgaon: The city, which had a brief respite from the heat for the past few days due to thunderstorms, is likely to see a spike in both mercury and air pollution levels from Monday.

Gurgaon: The city air quality reached ‘Good’ level for the first time this year on Thursday, as the air quality index (AQI) recorded at 50.