Dhaka ranks 3rd worst in Air Quality Index

City Desk :
Dhaka has ranked third worst city in the Air Quality Index (AQI) with a score of 167 at 8:30 am on Sunday morning.

According to the air quality index, Dhaka’s air was classified as “unhealthy.”

Dhaka’s AQI score was 159 and 219 on Friday and Saturday respectively, meaning the air was in unhealthy and very unhealthy zones.

When the AQI value for particle pollution is 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.

India’s Delhi, United Arab Emirates’ Dubai and China’s Shanghai occupied the first, second and fourth spots on the list, with AQI scores of 186, 172 and 164, 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.