Dhaka ranked the 7th worst polluted city
AQI: Dhaka’s air still ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’
Despite arrival of monsoon, Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked the 7th worst polluted city in the world in the Air Quality Index (AQI) on Tuesday morning.
The air in Dhaka was categorised as ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’ in the morning and the megacity had an AQI score of 109 at 08:29am.
When the AQI remains in between 101 and 150, members of sensitive groups may experience health effects. The general public is less likely to be affected in this condition.