Lahore Tops List Of Worldâ€™s 10 Most Polluted Cities

Umer Jamshaid Published December 21, 2024 | 08:20 PM

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 21st Dec, 2024) The provincial capital topped the list of the worldâ€™s 10 most polluted cities, with an average Air Quality Index (AQI) of 266 (very unhealthy) on Saturday, while the highest AQI readings exceeded 500.

Data from IQAir revealed that the cityâ€™s PM2.5 concentration was 38.2 times higher than the World Health Organisation's annual guideline for PM2.5 levels.

According to the data, Lahore ranked as the worldâ€™s most polluted city, followed by Dhaka, Bangladesh, with an AQI of 238, and Hanoi, Vietnam, also at 238.

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Other cities in the top ten included Delhi, India (214), Accra, Ghana (187), Chongqing, China (182), Cairo, Egypt (176), Kuwait City, Kuwait (160), Wuhan, China (159), and Krasnoyarsk, Russia (158).

Within Lahore, the most polluted areas included Polo Ground Cantt (555), Burki Road (414), DHA Phase V (380), Tufail Road near Rahat Bakery (374), Mini Market Gulberg (364), Askari 10 (356), Valancia Town (356), Hiking & Mountaineering Club GCU (354), US Consulate (334), and Thokar (302).

Lahore Tops List Of Worldâ€™s 10 Most Polluted Cities

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