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Calcutta wakes up to poor air quality, stations record decline in condition from Monday

At 7am, the air quality at the Victoria Memorial monitoring station was categorised as “poor” while six other stations — located at Bidhannagar, Jadavpur, Ballygunge, Fort William, Rabindra Bharati University (BT Road), and Rabindra Sarobar — reported “moderate” air quality

Firecrackers being burst in the city on Monday evening. Picture by Bishwarup Dutta

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