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What's the pollution level? You can check air quality of a city on Google

e company said that the feature can grade the pollution level in a city and also show at which level from low to high pollution at air quality is at any given time.

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Karan Choudhury

Last Updated : Dec 05 2017 | 1:10 PM IST

A day after the SrI Lankan cricket team players complained of pollution in Delhi and wore face masks on the grounds during their match, global tech giant Google has launched an air quality check and search feature on its platform.

The company said that after the portal witnessed an overwhelming number of queries on air quality, it developed the feature. The company said that the feature can grade the pollution level in a city and also show at which level from low to high pollution at air quality is at any given time.

The company has launched this feature for the

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