Noida / Ghaziabad: Noida and Ghaziabad registered the quality of ‘very poor’ air while Greater Noida recorded ‘poor’ air quality on Saturday.
Ghaziabad remains the most polluted city, with AQI 352, up from 270 on Friday.
In Noida, Aqi increased to 321 on Saturday from 276 on Friday.
Air quality tends to remain ‘very poor’ until January 4 and deteriorate further after that, said air quality experts.
IMD estimates estimate that air quality will likely remain at the end of the ‘very poor’ category on Sunday and Monday and will deteriorate at the top end of the ‘very poor’ category on January 5-6, increasing afterwards.
Meanwhile, in Greater Noida, Aqi increased to 281 of 218.ON Saturday, the maximum temperature in Noida was recorded at 18 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature was seven degrees Celsius.
The maximum temperature is expected to increase to 18 degrees Celsius on Sunday while the minimum is expected to remain almost the same.
There was a solid cover of the fog over Noida on Saturday, with the Indian Meteorology Department (IMD) predicts fog or fog on Sunday morning and especially the sky afterwards.