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Punjabi Bagh in west Delhi recorded “severe” air quality while all remaining 21 stations recorded “very poor” AQI at 7 p.m. New Delhi: With stubble burning increasing in neighbouring states and wind speed dropping, air quality in Delhi and NCR worsened further on Wednesday with all active monitoring stations of SAFAR now recording “very poor” air quality. “External emissions do have the impact on the air quality though it’s difficult to access the percentage,” A.
Sudhakar, Member Secretary of the CPCB, told IANS. This may increase the air pollution, however the air quality will not reach the severe plus or emergency levels,” Usman Naseem, researcher at the Centre for Science and Environment and member of the EPCA, told IANS. According to the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), the air quality of Delhi-NCR is likely to worsen over the next three days, with share of average PM2.5 set to increase from 154 on Wednesday to 163 on Thursday and 183 after three days..