Friday , November 15 2024

List of world’s most polluted cities revealed, 2 cities of India and Pakistan on top

At the same time, Lahore district of Pakistan is at second place. AQI 432 has been measured here. Lahore’s AQI is 432 in IQAir’s live ranking. At the same time, neighboring city Karachi is also included in this list. Karachi is ranked 14th with 147 AQI.

The city of this country is at number three

Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the third most polluted city in the world. AQI 193 has been measured here. At the same time, Egyptian city Cairo stood at fourth place with 184 AQI. At the same time, the name of Vietnam’s capital Hanoi is at fifth place in the ranking. The AQI level here has reached 168. Doha city of Qatar is at sixth place, where AQI level was recorded at 166. Apart from this, the name of Riyadh of Saudi Arabia is at number 7, the AQI here is 160.

Names of 2 more cities of India

Nepal’s capital Kathmandu is ranked 8th in the ranking list, where the AQI level has been recorded at 160. At ninth place is Ulaanbaatar city of Mongolia, where AQI level is 158. While Mumbai city is at 10th place with 158 AQI. After this is Kolkata, where AQI was recorded at 136.

At the same time, Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka is at number 17. Where AQI reached 122. In this list, the air of 7 cities of China has been found to be very bad.

How bad at what level?

Air pollution levels are usually measured as air quality index or AQI. As per foreign standards, an AQI of more than 200 is considered to be in the ‘very poor’ category and a level of 300 indicates ‘severely poor’ conditions. Whereas, if the AQI level is between 0-50 then it is considered good, if it is between 51-100 then it is moderate and if it is between 101-150 then it is considered ‘bad air’ for vulnerable groups. goes. At the same time, if AQI is found between 151 to 200 then it is ‘dangerous’. Apart from this, if it is found between 201-300 level then it is considered ‘very dangerous’ and if it is found above 301 then it is considered ‘very dangerous’.