India, Oct. 12 -- The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will install two new automatic air quality monitoring stations in Chikhali and Kasarwadi area of Pimpri-Chinchwad to study and analyse air pollutants in real-time.

Manchak Jadhav, sub-regional officer, MPCB, said, "Our network covers traffic junctions, commercial and industrial zones, as well as residential areas. The readings are recorded periodically and updated on our official website. We have observed some unique and rather surprising trends in our air quality readings. For instance, there are sudden spikes in air pollution levels on certain days without any apparent reason. On some occasions, we also found that pollution levels remain high during nighttime, even when t...