Often considered probably the most polluted, Delhi ranks second, adopted by Karaganda (Kazakhstan) third, Mullanpur (Punjab) fourth, and Lahore (Pakistan) fifth.
People sit exterior a truck restore store within the city of Byrnihat, ranked world’s most polluted metropolitan space by Swiss Group IQAir, in Meghalaya(Reuters File)
The Central Pollution Control Board has additionally declared Byrnihat probably the most polluted city space in India for the second consecutive yr, with an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 302, putting it within the “very poor” class.
Amid rising air pollution, the Meghalaya Cabinet, chaired by chief minister Conrad Sangma, permitted a automobile scrappage coverage on May 1 geared toward decreasing emissions throughout the state. Government spokesperson Paul Lyngdoh defined that the coverage targets previous, unfit autos, with about 13,000 automobiles anticipated to be faraway from the roads—5,000 government-owned and eight,000 privately owned.
Lyngdoh mentioned that this coverage will assist decrease air pollution by reducing emissions, cut back gas imports, and reduce the necessity for uncooked materials extraction and recycling.
While Delhi is usually assumed to be probably the most polluted metropolis, it ranks second, adopted by Karaganda in Kazakhstan in third place. Mullanpur in Punjab, India, is fourth, with Lahore in Pakistan in fifth. Dera Ismail Khan in Pakistan is sixth, N’Djamena in Chad is seventh, and Loni in Uttar Pradesh, India, is eighth. New Delhi is available in ninth, and Faridabad in Haryana completes the highest 10 record.
Other cities worldwide within the prime 30
Continuing the record of the world’s most polluted cities in 2024, Multan in Pakistan ranks eleventh, adopted by Peshawar at twelfth and Faisalabad at thirteenth. Sialkot, additionally in Pakistan, holds the 14th place.
Indian cities Gurugram in Haryana and Sri Ganganagar in Rajasthan are positioned fifteenth and sixteenth, respectively. Hotan in China is available in at seventeenth, whereas Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) and Bhiwadi (Rajasthan) rank 18th and nineteenth. Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh secures the twentieth spot.
Further down the record, Hanumangarh in Rajasthan ranks twenty first, adopted by Noida in Uttar Pradesh at twenty second. Pindi Bhattian in Pakistan is twenty third, with Ballabgarh (Haryana) and Mandi Gobindgarh (Punjab) at twenty fourth and twenty fifth locations, respectively.
Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, takes the twenty sixth place, whereas Bahadurgarh in Haryana ranks twenty seventh. Sreepur in Bangladesh is twenty eighth, adopted by Charsadda in Pakistan at twenty ninth. Faridabad in Haryana rounds out the highest 30 at thirtieth place.
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