Lahore once again top world’s most polluted cities list
Lahore, the capital city of Punjab, once again ranked first in the list of the most polluted cities in the world, where the city’s air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 438 as the ‘extremely harmful’ at 8pm on November 1.
According to US IQAir, a website that monitors air quality 1of the countries, the air quality index in Lahore was 438 on November 01, while at the time of publishing the report, Lahore’s air quality index reached 303, which is an alarming sign. It is worth noting that if the air quality index is up to 50, the air quality is healthy.
According to data shared online by the Environment Protection Department (EPD), Lahore’s air quality was recorded at 309.
According to the Air Quality website, pollution has increased in Lahore due to smoke produced by vehicles and industries, burning of crop waste, smoke from brick kilns, general waste and dust from construction sites. Apart from this, large-scale cutting of trees and construction of new roads and buildings also increases air pollution.
The website added that pollution increases alarmingly during winter due to low temperatures.
Apart from this, traffic in Lahore and long queues of vehicles on the roads, continuous construction of real estate projects in Lahore were playing an important role in air quality.
Overall, Pakistan ranks second in the list of the most polluted countries in the world due to the worst air quality index.
