GURUGRAM: Panchgaon entered the severe air quality category with an AQI of 406 in the Central Pollution Control Board's bulletin for Thursday, November 5, 2026, at 4 pm IST. Gurugram recorded 331 and Manesar 343, both very poor. These are new daily readings after the deterioration as reported earlier on dalimss.news, with the latest bulletin showing a sharper warning for Panchgaon.
For residents in Sector 51 and IMT Manesar Sector 2, the distinction between a city entry and a neighbourhood station is important. CPCB lists Sector 51 among Gurugram's monitoring locations and Sector 2 IMT as Manesar's station. The November 5 bulletin reports a combined Gurugram entry based on four participating stations, while Manesar and Panchgaon each have one participating station. It does not give a separate Sector 51 value.
Panchgaon crosses the severe threshold
The November 5 CPCB bulletin is an average of the previous 24 hours, published for the 4 pm reporting point. Panchgaon's 406 is 15 index points above its November 4 value of 391. That rise moves it from very poor into severe: CPCB's health classification places values from 301 to 400 in very poor and from 401 to 500 in severe.
Gurugram's increase is smaller in index points, from 322 on November 4 to 331 on November 5, a rise of nine. It remains in the same very poor category. Manesar increased from 318 to 343 over the same two bulletins, a rise of 25 points. Manesar's latest index is therefore 12 points above Gurugram's, although both entries carry the same category label.
| Location | November 4, 4 pm IST | November 5, 4 pm IST | Latest category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gurugram | 322 | 331 | Very poor |
| Manesar | 318 | 343 | Very poor |
| Panchgaon | 391 | 406 | Severe |
The prominent pollutant entries also changed. The November 5 bulletin identifies PM2.5 for Gurugram and Manesar, and PM10 for Panchgaon. A day earlier, Gurugram's entry listed both PM2.5 and PM10, while Manesar and Panchgaon listed PM2.5. These are the bulletin's prominent pollutant labels. They do not establish which individual activity or source caused the rise at any location.
How much of the monitoring network contributed
All four Gurugram stations participated in each of the two daily bulletins, shown as four out of four. Manesar and Panchgaon each show one out of one on both dates. The day to day comparison is therefore based on the same reported participation count at each location. Participation does not mean the city entry describes conditions at every street, school or residential society.
CPCB's official monitoring station list identifies Gurugram's four locations as NISE Gwal Pahari, Sector 51, Teri Gram and Vikas Sadan. It identifies the Panchgaon station at Amity University. The station list locates the monitoring network; it is not a separate set of November 5 readings. The daily bulletin should therefore be used for the reported AQI values, rather than assigning the combined Gurugram figure to one named station.
The wider NCR comparison is mixed. Delhi's index fell from 377 to 369 between the two bulletins, remaining very poor. Faridabad moved from 160, moderate, to 303, very poor. Noida fell from 330, very poor, to 283, poor, and Greater Noida fell from 309 to 238, also entering poor. Those differences show why a single regional description cannot substitute for the specific Gurugram, Manesar and Panchgaon entries.
What the official health categories mean
CPCB's health table associates very poor air with respiratory illness after prolonged exposure. For severe air, it warns of effects on healthy people and serious impacts on people with existing diseases. Panchgaon's category change therefore carries a stronger official health warning even though the numerical rise from the previous day is 15 points. The warning is attached to the category, rather than to a diagnosis of any resident.
These are index values, not measured pollutant concentrations expressed in micrograms per cubic metre. The table's prominent pollutant column and AQI column serve different purposes. Neither daily bulletin gives an individual exposure estimate, and the city averages cannot establish the air conditions inside a home or workplace. Readers comparing another display should check its location and timestamp before treating it as the same measurement.
The figures here are the November 5, 4 pm IST daily bulletin, not a claim about live conditions on November 6. The November 4 bulletin supplies the comparison. For local enforcement background, readers can revisit road dust and RWA obligations and the district's office attendance and construction restrictions. Those measures are separate announcements; this bulletin itself supplies observations and category guidance.
