Visakhapatnam’s air was ‘poor’ or worse on 41 of 60 winter days, pollution board data show

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Visakhapatnam recorded poor or worse air quality on 41 of 60 winter days, with all 10 monitoring stations exceeding the annual PM10 limit over the year. A state pollution board scientist attributed the accumulation of pollutants in part to the city’s bowl-shaped terrain and winter temperature inversions.

All 10 monitoring stations in Visakhapatnam breached the annual PM10 limit over 12 months; the city’s bowl-shaped terrain and winter temperature inversion trap pollutants, an APPCB scientist says