Overview
- CREA, using CPCB monitors, reported Tuesday that Gurugram logged the highest March PM2.5 at 116 µg/m³.
- Haryana placed four cities in March’s top 10, including Bahadurgarh, Faridabad and Manesar.
- For FY 2025-26, Ghaziabad recorded the highest annual PM10 at 215 µg/m³, with Delhi at 201 and Noida at 195 against the national limit of 60.
- After seven years of the National Clean Air Programme, only a few cities met targets and 89 of 96 with adequate data still breached the PM10 standard.
- City trends diverged, with Dehradun cutting PM10 by 75% from the 2017–18 baseline while Visakhapatnam rose 73%, highlighting calls to tackle traffic, dust and industry across regions.