Dhaka’s air quality remains ‘unhealthy’

City Desk :
Dhaka’s air quality continued to be in the ‘unhealthy’ zone this morning.

With an air quality index (AQI) score of 182 at 8:49 am, Dhaka ranked fifth on 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 on the list, with AQI scores of 480, 303 and 188, respectively.

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.