Diwali blues: Haryana, Punjab report AQI in ‘poor’, ‘very poor’ categories

Several places in Haryana reported air quality index (AQI) in the ‘poor’ and ‘very poor’ categories on Diwali night on Thursday.
Many places in Punjab as well as in the Union Territory of Chandigarh reported air quality index in the ‘poor’ category.
As of 11 pm on Thursday, the AQI in Gurugram in Haryana was recorded at 322, 336 in Jind and 306 in Charkhi Dadri, according to the Sameer app that provides hourly updates of the national AQI published by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
Among other places in Haryana, as of 11 pm, AQI in Ambala was recorded at 201, in Bahadurgarh it was 292, Bhiwani 278, Ballabhgarh 211, Faridabad 245, Kurukshetra 270, Panchkula 220, Rohtak 222 and Sonipat at 258.
Chandigarh’s AQI was recorded at 239 as of 11 pm on Thursday.
In Jalandhar, the AQI at 11 pm was 256, while at Ludhiana, it was 234, Mandi Gobindgarh 266, while Patiala recorded an AQI of 244.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200