City’s air quality improves

The city residents can breathe easy as the air quality has improved, according to a report from the Central Pollution Control Board.

The report dated April 8, 4 pm shows an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 97 in Bengaluru, which comes under the satisfactory category where there will be minor breathing discomfort to sensitive people.

Out of 158 cities surveyed across the country, only nine fall under the ‘good’ category, while 44 are ‘satisfactory’, 72 are ‘moderate’, 31 are ‘poor’ and two ‘very poor’.

Singrauli in Madhya Pradesh (AQI 337) and Bhiwadi in Rajasthan (AQI 343) are the two cities that have very poor AQI.