Dhaka’s air 4th most polluted in the world

City Desk  :
With an air quality index (AQI) score of 154 at 8:53 am on Saturday, Dhaka ranked 4th in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality.

Indonesia’s Jakarta, Pakistan’s Lahore and Malaysia’s Kuala Lumpur occupied the first, second, and third spots, with AQI scores of 172, 159 and 155, respectively, reports BSS.

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 certain city is and what associated health effects might be a concern for them.