Bathinda 816, Delhi 635: India has 99 of world's 100 most polluted cities after Diwali; only Lahore breaks in
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- ✓India is home to 99 of the world's 100 most polluted cities, according to AQI.in rankings on November 8.
- ✓Bathinda topped the list with an AQI of 816 on Monday morning.
- ✓Smoke from Diwali firecrackers and farm fires smothered north India, pushing air quality levels into the hazardous zone everywhere.
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India is home to 99 of the world's 100 most polluted cities, according to real-time rankings by air quality monitoring platform AQI.in, as smoke from Diwali firecrackers and farm fires smothered large parts of north India on Monday morning.
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Punjab's Bathinda topped the global list at 8.30 am with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 816, followed by Faridkot at 804. Rewari in Haryana was third at 696, and Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan fourth at 689. New Delhi ranked fifth with an AQI of 635.
Lahore, at 15th with an AQI of 466, is the only city outside India among the most polluted.
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