After rain, Dhaka’s air quality improves

According to Air Quality Index, Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, is one of the most polluted cities in the world.

But the air quality of Dhaka has improved after rain on Saturday morning.

Dhaka ranked 17th on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 89 at 9:06am on Saturday.
Dhaka’s air is classified as ‘moderate’, according to the Air Quality Index.

Egypt’s Cairo, Iraq’s Baghdad and India’s Delhi occupied the first, second and third spots on the list, with AQI scores of 212, 208 and 193 respectively.

When the AQI value for particle pollution is between 50 and 100, air quality is considered ‘moderate’, 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.

As per World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, mainly due to increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, and acute respiratory infections.