Dhaka has again topped the record of cities throughout the area with the worst air quality this morning (5 December).
With an air quality index (AQI) gain of 392 at 9am, Dhaka ranked first within the record of cities with basically the most polluted air, reports UNB.
An AQI between 151 and 200 is stated to be ‘unhealthy’ while 201 and 300 are regarded as as ‘very unhealthy’, and 301 to 400 are regarded as as ‘hazardous’, posing severe smartly being risks to residents.
Mongolia’s Ulaanbaatar, India’s Kolkata and Pakistan’s Lahore occupied the 2nd, third and fourth locations with AQI of 229,215 and 206 respectively.
Earlier, last month yarn-breaking levels of thick, poisonous smog private enveloped jap Pakistan and northern India. A broad cloud of grey smog blanketed Pakistan’s Punjab province and extended eastward into India, masking the capital New Delhi and surrounding areas, in step with NASA Worldview.
The severe pollution caused authorities in Pakistan to shut down colleges and public spaces, because the acrid air poses a severe smartly being threat to tens of hundreds of thousands of alternative folks.
In Bangladesh, the AQI is in step with five criteria pollutants — Particulate Subject (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.
Dhaka has prolonged been grappling with air pollution points. Its air quality in general turns unhealthy in chilly climate and improves throughout the monsoon.
As per the World Effectively being Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million other folks worldwide every 300 and sixty five days, largely as a results of elevated mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer and acute respiratory infections.
