Ghaziabad: The overall air quality of Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida deteriorated to the ‘moderate’ category on Saturday. On Friday, the air quality was on the upper side of the ‘satisfactory’ category in all three areas.Ghaziabad on Saturday recorded an overall AI of 110 (’moderate’). At 140 (‘poor’), the station at Loni tehsil logged the worst AQI, while the Sanjay Nagar station came second, at 116 (‘poor’). Govindpuram recorded an AQI of 39 (‘good’), Indirapuram 70 (‘satisfactory’) and Wave City 99 (‘satisfactory’).Greater Noida’s overall AQI was 120 (’moderate’). The Knowledge Park-3 station recorded an AQI of 61 (‘satisfactory’) while the Knowledge Park-5 station logged 133 (‘moderate’) and the Shiv Nadar University station 206 (‘poor’).In Noida, the overall AQI was 106 (’moderate’). Out of seven stations, Sector 1 recorded an AQI of 93 (‘satisfactory’), Sector 125 83 (‘satisfactory’), and Sector 150 79 (‘moderate’). The Sector 62 station recorded an AQI of 138 (‘moderate’), while the Sector 39 station saw an AQI of 170 (‘moderate’).On Friday, Ghaziabad’s AQI was 55, Noida’s 58 and Greater Noida’s 59. Recent rains had led to improvement in overall air quality. According to the CPCB forecast, the AQI will deteriorate further as the temperature dips later in the month.
