Panchkula, Oct. 25 -- Sonipat emerged as the most polluted city in the National Capital Region (NCR) on Sunday, recording an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 224 in the 'poor' category, significantly higher than Delhi's 153, according to the latest air quality bulletin released at 4 pm.
Sonipat was the only city among those listed in the NCR bulletin to fall into the 'poor' category, with fine particulate matter (PM2.5) identified as the dominant pollutant.
The 24-hour average air quality data showed considerable variation across Haryana's NCR districts. Bahadurgarh recorded an AQI of 175, followed by Manesar at 155, Dharuhera at 136, Gurugram at 134, Faridabad and Narnaul at 124 each, and Mandikhera in Nuh district at 120. All these locations ...