Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked third on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 162 at 9:50am on Friday morning.
Today’s air was classified as ‘unhealthy,’ referring to severe health threat, according to the AQI index. Such air quality continued for the past few days, indicating an urgent action to curb the pollution.
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.
Iraq’s Bagdad, Kuwait’s Kuwait City and Vietnam’s Hanoi cities respectively occupied the first, third and fourth spots on the list, with AQI scores of 289, 172 and 154 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.
