What is Dhaka’s position in the air pollution list?
Dhaka’s air quality has improved slightly today. The pollution list has also come down. Today, Thursday, the Pakistani city of Karachi topped the list of cities in the world in terms of air pollution. The city’s air quality is ‘very unhealthy’ with a score of 217 on the Air Quality Index.
The position of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on the pollution list today is 12th. Dhaka’s air is at the ‘unhealthy’ level with an AQI score of 181. At this time, the PM2 concentration in Dhaka’s air is 19.6 times higher than the World Health Organization’s standards.
At this time, the air quality in the Goran area of Dhaka is at the ‘very unhealthy’ level with an AQI score of 203. Next on the list are Eastern Housing (166), ICDDRB in Mohakhali (159), US Embassy in Dhaka (158), Shanta Forum in Tejgaon (155), Kalyanpur (154) areas. The air quality in these areas is at the ‘unhealthy’ level today.
The top five cities also include Hanoi in Vietnam, Yangon in Myanmar, Lahore in Pakistan, Krakow in Poland, and Wuhan in China. The air quality in these cities is at the ‘unhealthy’ level.
According to IQAir’s criteria, air quality is considered good if the score is between zero and 50. Air quality is considered moderate or tolerable if it is 51 to 100. Scores of 101 to 150 are considered unhealthy for sensitive groups. Scores of 151 to 200 are considered unhealthy. Scores of 201 to 300 are considered very unhealthy. Furthermore, anything above 301 is considered hazardous.
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