Dhaka ranked third on the record of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI fetch of 249 at 9:10am this morning (11 December).
Dhaka’s air used to be classified as ‘very unhealthy’, in accordance with the air quality and pollution city rating.
Pakistan’s Lahore and India’s Kolkata occupied the first and 2nd spots within the record, with AQI scores of 320 and 285, respectively.
An AQI between 151 and 200 is regarded as ‘unhealthy’ while 201-300 is ‘very unhealthy’ and 301-400 is regarded as ‘dangerous’, posing severe neatly being risks to residents.
The AQI, an index for reporting on daily foundation air quality, informs folks how comely or polluted the air of a particular city is and what connected neatly being effects might perhaps well also be a problem for them.
The AQI in Bangladesh depends on five pollutants: particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2, and ozone.
Dhaka has lengthy been grappling with air pollution points. Its air quality in general turns unhealthy in winter and improves all the draw via the monsoon.
