Lahore: The thick cloud of smoke fog that enveloped the capital of Pakistani culture on Wednesday has won it is a shameful title in the world’s most polluted in the world, according to Swiss air quality monitoring company.
IQAIR platform says that Lahore now stands at the top of the city ranks contaminated – with an air quality index 203 on the AQI US scale, versus runner-up Dehli, India, with 183.
Standing is at 0949 GMT; Both cities have traded places at least once during the morning.
Increasing smoke fog and the elders have made it sickening thousands of people with breathing and other diseases, forcing many people to stay at home with dirty days like Wednesday.
Dhaka, Bangladesh came third, with 169 index, and Kolkata, India fourth, with a reading of 168.
Lahore stood in third place a day before.
Lahore was once known as a garden town, which was everywhere during the 16th century Mughal era to 19.
Intense urbanization and a population growth that surged had left a little space for green plants throughout the city, Pakistan’s second largest after the Karachi capital.
Doctors advise people to wear facial masks to avoid breathing related diseases