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• Shenyang, China

and ninth most polluted cities, respectively, with AQIs of 161 and 401-500 is marked as severe/hazardous.
and 153. Air quality in Delhi and surrounding areas has deteriorat-
The Skymet report has revealed dangerously poor air ed steadily since the Diwali weekend, leaving the city covered
quality levels at various places around Delhi, including the in a thick fog of poisonous fog.
upscale Lodhi Road area (AQI of 660) and Faridabad (AQI of The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) that rules Delhi has repeat-
708). Other areas were AQIs were measured were Moti Nagar edly blamed stubble burning in neighbouring states like Pun-
(AQI of 650) and Paschim Vihar (AQI of 629). jab and Haryana for exacerbating the problem. Last month
An AQI between 0-50 is considered good, 51-100 is satis- Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called Delhi a “gas chamber”.
factory, 101-200 moderate, 201-300 poor, 301-400 very poor The AAP had re-introduced the ‘odd-even’ scheme of

• Chelyabinsk, Russia