Dhaka Ranks 13th in World Air Pollution Today With AQI 123, Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
Bangladesh's capital Dhaka ranks 13th in the worldwide air pollution list today. On Wednesday (28 October), according to data from the international air quality technology firm IQAir, Dhaka's air, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 123, is currently in the category ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’.
At the top of the list is Lahore in Pakistan, with an AQI score of 297. Delhi in India is second with 227, Cairo in Egypt third with 202, Hanoi in Vietnam fourth with 175, and Baghdad in Iraq fifth with 174.
The next places on the list are, respectively, Kinshasa in Congo (163), Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (162), Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia (156), Jakarta in Indonesia (154), Karachi in Pakistan (153), Tashkent in Uzbekistan (151) and Mumbai in India (137).
Dhaka follows with a score of 123. After Dhaka, Singapore has 122, and Kathmandu in Nepal is 15th with 120.
Under IQAir's standard, an AQI score of 0 to 50 is considered good, 51 to 100 moderate, and 101 to 150 unhealthy for sensitive groups.
Under the same standard, a score of 151 to 200 is considered unhealthy, 201 to 300 very unhealthy, and above 301 hazardous. On that basis, Lahore's score of 297 falls in the very unhealthy category, while Dhaka's 123 is in the category unhealthy for sensitive groups.
