Dhaka’s air still unhealthy Friday morning

City Desk :
Dhaka’s air quality is still in the “unhealthy” zone Friday morning.
With an air quality index (AQI) score of 163 at 9:15am, the capital of Bangladesh ranked 11th in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, reports UNB.
Pakistan’s Lahore, India’s Delhi, and China’s Wuhan occupied the first three spots, with AQI scores of 239, 213, and 203, respectively.
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.