India Has 3 Among World’s 10 Most Polluted Cities; Check List

New Delhi: A health emergency has been created amid mounting levels of air pollution in Delhi, exacerbated by a hazardous amalgamation of smoke emanating from farm fires in the nearby states along with vehicle emissions, which have sparked serious concerns.

Meanwhile, a Switzerland-based climate group that is also a technology partner of the United Nations Environmental Program, IQAir, has shown that three Indian cities are there in the list of top 10 with the worst air quality indices.

Delhi tops the list with an average AQI of 556, Kolkata ranks fourth while Mumbai is sixth in the entire list.

List of 10 cities

1. Delhi, India (AQI: 556)
2. Lahore, Pakistan (AQI: 354)
3. Sofia, Bulgaria (AQI: 178)
4. Kolkata, India (AQI: 177)
5. Zagreb, Croatia (AQI: 173)
6. Mumbai, India (AQI: 169)
7. Belgrade, Serbia (AQI: 165)
8. Chengdu, China (AQI: 165)
9. Skopje, North Macedonia (AQI: 164)
10. Krakow, Poland (AQI: 160)

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