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City air was poor on 61 winter days, a fictional monitoring report finds

Most bad days followed stubble burning upwind and calm weather.

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A fictional city monitoring report counted 61 days of poor air in the last winter, up from 48 the year before.

Most bad days came after crop-residue burning in nearby districts and during calm, cold nights.

The report covers eight monitors; the authors say two areas have no monitor and may be worse.

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