Air monitoring stations across the two districts recorded AQI ranging from 'satisfactory' to 'moderate' on Monday.The region's air quality improved on Monday, with both Noida and Ghaziabad recording 'satisfactory' AQI. Noida recorded an AQI of 100, down from 162 (moderate) a day ago, while Ghaziabad's AQI was 83, against Sunday's 124. Greater Noida's AQI also improved on Monday but remained in the 'moderate' category at 102 - down from 141 the day before.
Air monitoring stations across the two districts recorded AQI ranging from 'satisfactory' to 'moderate' on Monday.
In Noida, Sector 1 and Sector 125 stations recorded 'satisafcatory' AQI at 90 and 98, respectively, while Sector 62 and Sector Sector 116 recorded 'moderate' AQI at 125 and 127. Meanwhile, Greater Noida's Knowledge Park 3 station recorded 'satisafctory' AQI at 8-, while Knowledge Park 5 recorded AQi of 142 in the 'moderate' category.
In Ghaziabad, only Indirapuram station recorded 'moderate' AQI at 113, while Loni (92), Vasundhara (86) and Sanjay Naga (61) all recorded 'satisfactory' air quality on Monday.
According to a bulletin issued by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), the predominant surface wind came from the northwest direction with a wind speed of less than 14 kmph until evening on Monday. Delhi-NCR's visibility was 800m at 8am.>