Dhaka’s air unhealthy for sensitive groups

City Desk :
Dhaka’s air quality was marked as ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’ on Monday morning.

With an air quality index (AQI) score of 129 at 8:45 am, Dhaka ranked 8th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality, according to IQAir.

Malaysia’s Kuching, Indonesia’s Jakarta, Kuwait’s Kuwait City and Qatar’s Doha occupied the first four spots on the list, with AQI scores of 174, 159, 154 and 153, respectively, reports UNB.

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.