The most noxious in the country was recorded at Ambala, Haryana on Wednesday, November 4, 2020. At the time period when the stubble burning is at its peak, Haryana`s city recorded the highest AQI on a day. The data says 7 out of 10 most polluted cities were in Uttar Pradesh and 3 in Haryana.

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The Central Pollution Control Board report says, Ambala logged the worst air quality at 452 micrograms per cubic meter, followed by Uttar Pradesh`s Moradabad at 425, Baghpat at 420, Muzaffarnagar at 412 and Haryana`s Fatehabad at 413, and Jind at 408. The list is continued by Uttar Pradesh`s Ghaziabad, which recorded air quality of 389 micrograms per cubic metre, Hapur at 380, Meerut at 374, Haryana`s Yamunanagar at 369 and Greater Noida at 368. 

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The Ministry of Earth Sciences reports states, the share of stubble burning in Punjab, Haryana and other adjoining states in Delhi`s air pollution was only 5% for Wednesday, which was 40% on Sunday. Due to the shift in wind direction ministry warns of increase in contribution. A layer of smoky haze spreads over the  Delhi-NCR on Wednesday, as air quality of the region hit `very poor` levels at 343 micrograms per cubic metre stubble burning from the adjoining states and slow wind speed contributed for the haze. 

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