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Greater Noida (354), Faridabad (322), Delhi (313), and Noida (304) were among the most polluted cities in the country

Andheri East, which has been one of the hotspots of bad air and had recorded AQI levels between 350 and 440 between October 16 and 20, showed a marked improvement on Sunday with AQI 119.

BMC issues a warning, stating it will halt construction, whether private or government, in Mumbai if inadequate dust and pollution controls persist amid declining air quality.

While the AQI in Delhi on Saturday was 248, in the ‘poor’ category, the forecast indicates that it is likely to dip and enter the ‘very poor’ category on October 23 and 24, “owing to unfavourable meteorological and climatic conditions,” according to the CAQM.

The Indian Express visited construction sites in several neighbourhoods that have registered high AQI this past week.

Death By Breath Series | Records analysed by The Indian Express and data obtained by the newspaper under the Right to Information Act show a pattern emerging — and hardening. Of steadily worsening air — and an action plan gathering dust severely undermining the quality of life in the country's financial capital.

Death by Breath Series | "Places which have higher number of construction works going are more likely to record poorer AQI,” a senior scientist told The Indian Express. The health ramifications, experts said, are significant.

On Thursday, the Air Quality Index (AQI) of Mumbai was reported to be in the 'moderate' category

According to the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology-managed System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), at 7:37 pm on Thursday, the overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of Mumbai was 146 against Delhi’s 108

According to the SAMEER app, the Air Quality Index (AQI) of Navi Mumbai was reported to be in the 'poor' category on Wednesday morning