Dhaka has as soon as more topped the checklist of cities across the arena with the worst air quality this morning (10 December).
With an air quality index (AQI) ranking of 253 at 10am, Dhaka ranked first in the checklist of cities with the most polluted air.
An AQI between 151 and 200 is speculated to be ‘unhealthy’ whereas 201 and 300 are considered ‘very unhealthy’, and 301 to 400 is considered ‘perilous’, posing serious health risks to residents.
Pakistan’s Lahore, Vietnam’s Hanoi, and India’s Delhi occupied the 2d, third and fourth areas with AQI of 219, 194 and 191, respectively.
In Bangladesh, the AQI is in retaining with 5 criteria pollution — Particulate Topic (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2 and Ozone.
Dhaka has prolonged been grappling with air pollution points. Its air quality on the total turns unhealthy in winter and improves at some level of the monsoon.
As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million folks worldwide yearly, largely because elevated mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung most cancers and acute respiratory infections.
