New Delhi, Oct 3 (IANS) A day after burning of Ravana effigies on Dussehra, Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa said on Friday that the city recorded a significant improvement in air quality with the Air Quality Index (AQI) dropping to 88 (Satisfactory category).

Two of the city’s key pollution hotspots — Narela (66) and Mundka (76) — registered ‘Satisfactory’ AQI levels, reflecting the success of sustained and targeted interventions, he said.

Highlighting that October is a month that is usually associated with rising pollution levels, Sirsa credited the turnaround to relentless ground-level action.

“A satisfactory day in October is the clearest proof that interventions like mechanised sweeping, misting, dust control at construction and demolition sites, and legacy waste bi

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