35-YEAR-OLD MAN FOUND MURDERED IN KARNAL VILLAGE
KARNAL:THE body of a 35-year-old man was recovered from fields in Dabarki Khurd village of Karnal district on Saturday morning.
The deceased was identified as Shailendra Singh of Jammukhala village. He went missing on Friday.
The cause of the death could be ascertained after the postmortem investigation, but the police officials associated with the investigation said in the preliminary investigation it seems that he was strangled to death.
Kunpura police station in-charge Sat Prakash Singh said the body has been sent for the post-mortem at Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College and Hospital. He said that on the complaint of his family members, a case has been registered of under Section 302 and 301 of the IPC against unidentified person.
GURUGRAM: The city’s air quality this year, in the run-up to Diwali, has been better in comparison to the last year. According to data available with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the air quality index (AQI) figures in Gurugram have not gone below the “poor’ category this season. In comparison, the city recorded “very poor” and “severe” AQI days ahead of Diwali last year.
However, according to air quality experts, the AQI is expected to deteriorate to the upper end of the “very poor” category Monday morning, and would stay the same for the next two days.
On Saturday, Gurugram recorded an AQI of 239 (poor ) and was the least polluted city in the National Capital Region (NCR), as per the CPCB’S AQI monitor at Vikas Sadan in Sector 11. Delhi, Faridabad and Noida recorded AQI scores of 287, 259 and 280, respectively. Friday’s AQI in Gurugram was 280, as per the monitor. Comparatively, the AQI had touched “severe” levels last year on at least six days before
GURUGRAM RECORDED AN AQI OF 239 (POOR ) AND WAS THE LEAST POLLUTED CITY IN
THE NATIONAL
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Diwali. In 2018, October saw at least 10 “very poor” and three “severe” AQI days. “This year, monsoon withdrawal was delayed. This also led to good winds. Both of these factors helped clear pollutants,” said Sachin Panwar, an air quality expert, adding that the direction of the wind also helped as it didn’t bring in pollutants from neighbouring Punjab and Haryana.
However, meteorologists said north-westerly winds, which bring smoke from stubble burning regions, would start blowing over the region over the weekend. “Because of the change in the wind direction, smoke and pollutants could get trapped and air quality could deteriorate from Diwali onwards,” said Panwar. On Monday afternoon, air quality is likely to improve due to surface winds with a speed of 10 kmph, according to the CPCB’S forecast.