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Air quality 'much better': Harsh Vardhan

Vardhan said that for monitoring of air quality days have been classified into 'good', 'satisfactory' and 'moderate'

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Smog restricts vision on a Delhi road on Friday. Photo: Dalip Kumar

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Environment minister Harsh Vardhan said on Friday the air quality in Delhi a day after Diwali was “much better” compared to last year and the number of ‘poor and very poor’ days have come down significantly.
 
“It is not even 24 hours since the Diwali celebrations, every person is breathing normally and no person is having difficulty in breathing. There is no smog,” he said. Vardhan said his ministry had “prepared even more” this year.
 
“I personally wrote to 2-2.5 lakh school principals across the country. In Delhi, thousands of children campaigned for green and ‘Harit Diwali’ for