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With winter securing its grip in Uttar Pradesh, the cold air and dry weather have intensified the air pollution situation from Meerut to Muzaffarnagar as citizens continue to inhale the stagnant air laden with a high concentration of pollutants. The latest air quality index (AQI) rankings, issued on Saturday, showed that Muzaffarnagar is the second-most polluted (based on the concentration of pollutants in the air) city in the country. The situation in Meerut, too, has progressively gotten worse, the AQI rankings showed. The average AQI in Meerut, during the past 24 hours, turned out to be 373 – which is in the ‘very poor’ category, making the city the tenth-most polluted in the country. In Uttar Pradesh, Meerut stood sixth in the air pollution ranking, while Muzaffarnagar, with an AQI of 423, came up first. According to experts, the sharp decline in temperatures due to approaching winter is likely to further worsen the air quality index in the coming days. As per the data, PM10 and PM2.5 particles are running high across all cities, around six to eight times higher than what is normal.
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