Lahore: Thick clouds of mist covered! PakistanOn Wednesday the cultural capital earned it the humiliating title of the world’s most polluted city, according to a Swiss air quality monitoring company.
Platform IQair said Lahore It now tops its polluted cities ranking – with an air quality index of 203 on the US AQI scale, with Delhi, India, runner-up with 183. This was at 0949 GMT; The two cities had traded places at least once during the morning.
Rising haze and particulate air has sickened thousands of people with respiratory and other diseases, forcing many to stay at home on dirty days like Wednesday.
Dhaka, Bangladesh came third with an index of 169 and Kolkata, India came fourth with 168. Lahore was third the day before.
Lahore was once known as the City of Gardens, which were ubiquitous during the Mughal period of the 16th to 19th centuries. Rapid urbanization and increasing population growth have left little room for greenery throughout the city, which is Pakistan’s second largest city after the capital. Karachi,
Doctors are advising people to wear face masks to avoid respiratory diseases
Platform IQair said Lahore It now tops its polluted cities ranking – with an air quality index of 203 on the US AQI scale, with Delhi, India, runner-up with 183. This was at 0949 GMT; The two cities had traded places at least once during the morning.
Rising haze and particulate air has sickened thousands of people with respiratory and other diseases, forcing many to stay at home on dirty days like Wednesday.
Dhaka, Bangladesh came third with an index of 169 and Kolkata, India came fourth with 168. Lahore was third the day before.
Lahore was once known as the City of Gardens, which were ubiquitous during the Mughal period of the 16th to 19th centuries. Rapid urbanization and increasing population growth have left little room for greenery throughout the city, which is Pakistan’s second largest city after the capital. Karachi,
Doctors are advising people to wear face masks to avoid respiratory diseases
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