India, Oct. 18 -- Ghaziabad continues its streak of being the country's most polluted city even as the stage-1 of the Graded Response Action Plan (Grap) remains enforced, as per the AQI bulletin issued by the Central Pollution Control Board on Friday.

Earlier, on October 14, the city logged an AQI of 271-highest in the country for the day-prompting the Commission for Air Quality Management to enforce Grap-I in the National Capital Region.

Just two days later, On October 16, the city topped the list again, recording an AQI of 307, which dropped negligibly to 306 on Friday.

"We analyzed the situation, and found that the reduced wind velocity in the region has considerably affected the dispersal of pollutants. The primary pollutant in Gha...