Air pollution alert: 3 Punjab cities among world's top 10 most polluted; Check AQI
These rankings are time-sensitive and can change as pollution levels and weather conditions fluctuate.
Three cities in Punjab - Amritsar, Bathinda, and Faridkot - have been ranked among the world's top 10 most polluted cities, according to real-time Air Quality Index (AQI) rankings. Amritsar had the highest AQI of 392, followed by Bathinda at 368 and Faridkot at 360. Meantime, Delhi's air quality remains in the 'poor' category, with an AQI of 230 and expected to stay poor for the next nine days. The transport sector is identified as the biggest contributor to Delhi's pollution, accounting for 20.3% of it.
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