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GURUGRAM: The city’s air quality deteriorated to ‘poor’ level on Sunday after three ‘moderate’ days in a row. The air quality index ( AQI ) level was recorded at 255 (poor) on Sunday, while it was at 188 (moderate) on Saturday.For the last five days, the city’s air has been the cleanest in Delhi-NCR.All other NCR cities, including Delhi, reported ‘very poor’ air quality on Sunday. “While there is a slight change in direction, the wind speed has gone down in the entire Delhi and NCR. In the past few days, SAFAR’s analysis of stubble burning showed that its impact had been decreasing. However, the air quality may worsen further next week as the wind direction is expected to change,” the official said.Experts, on the other hand, said the authorities should implement the graded response action plan (GRAP) for the ‘poor’ to ‘very poor’ level..