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However, he said, immediately after wheat sowing, the monitoring stations reflect fall in air pollution. He said as the dispersion of pollutants falls during the winter season, the air quality in the state reflects poor readings for around 25 days. “We have written to the CPCB asking them for the details of the data, which has been used to prepare the report”, the PPCB chairman said.As per the CPCB report, every third city in the country failed to meet the national air quality standards. If the CPCB report has used this data in the report then why have they not included cities like Moga and Faridkot in the list, as air quality falls across the state during the winter months?He said it was quite surprising that areas like Baba Dera Nanak, Naya Nangal and even Chandigarh have been put on the list. The report had also put seven cities in Himachal Pradesh including Baddi, Damtal, Kala Amb, Nalagarh, Sunder Nagar, Paonta Sahib and Parwanoo as most polluted cities of the country.According to Pannu, the air quality becomes a cause of concern at the onset of the winters due to various reasons including stubble burning..