SHAH ALAM, Oct 20 — Johan Setia and Kuala Lumpur’s Batu Muda recorded the highest Air Pollutant Index (API) reading at 172 as of 9am today.
Two other Selangor towns were second with a score of 167 — Petaling Jaya and Shah Alam — followed by Klang (164), Banting (160), and Kuala Selangor (100).
Elsewhere in the Klang Valley, Kuala Lumpur’s Cheras had an unhealthy reading of 165 and Putrajaya scored 162.
According to the API Management System (APIMS) portal, 30 air quality monitoring stations nationwide had unhealthy API readings, 31 had moderate scores and seven had good ones.
An API reading of zero to 50 is good, 51 to 100 is moderate, 101 to 200 is unhealthy, 201 to 300 is very unhealthy, and anything above 300 is hazardous.
