Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, has ranked 23rd on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 79 at 9:50am on Sunday morning.
Today Dhaka’s air was classified as ‘moderate,’ referring to a light health threat, according to the AQI index. Dhaka residents have been experiencing such air quality for long.
When the AQI value for particle pollution is between 50 and 100, air quality is considered ‘moderate’, usually sensitive individuals should consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion, between 101 and 150, air quality is considered ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’, between 150 and 200 is ‘unhealthy’, between 201 and 300 is said to be ‘very unhealthy’, while a reading of 301+ is considered ‘hazardous’, posing serious health risks to residents.
Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kinshasa, Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh and Uganda’s Kampala cities respectively occupied the first, second and third spots on the list, with AQI scores of 162, 153, and 152 respectively.
The AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, informs people how clean or polluted the air of a certain city is and what associated health effects might be a concern for them.
