Dhaka stood on the 3rd top spot in the list of cities around the world with the worst air quality this morning (March 15, 2023).
With an air quality index (AQI) score of 187 at 9am, Wednesday, Dhaka’s air quality remained in the ‘unhealthy’ zone.
Pakistan’s Lahore and India’s Delhi occupied the first two spots, with AQI scores of 193, 189.
An AQI between 151 and 200 is considered ‘unhealthy’ while between 201–300 is ‘’very unhealthy’, and 301–400 is ‘hazardous’, posing severe health risks to residents.
The AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, informs people how clean or polluted the air of a particular city is and what associated health effects might be a concern for them.
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