Pakistan's Lahore witnessed a dangerously high air quality index (AQI) reading of 1,067 on Saturday morning, retaining the top city list for the hazardous air quality list in the world, ARY News reported.
With Air Quality Index (AQI) touching the mark 708, Lahore yet again, topped the world map in the list of most polluted cities of the world, reported Dawn.
Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Monday informed that 108 incidents of stubble burning were recorded in Punjab. They held a protest against Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann over the issue of air pollution in the national capital at Kapurthala House.
Lahore's air quality reached alarming levels, with the city's Air Quality Index (AQI) apporaching 700 mark on Sunday, according to global monitoring sites, ARY News reported.
As Delhi tops the chart of the World's Most Polluted City according to IQAir, Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena expressed his concern to Chief Minister Atishi on Wednesday.
For the second time in a week, Lahore has been ranked as the world's most polluted city, despite the provincial government's attempts to tackle smog and air pollution.
Some of the most polluted areas in Delhi include Anand Vihar recorded an AQI of 231, Mundka with an AQI of 273, AQI of 201 in Loni and the Delhi Institute of Tool Engineering recorded an AQI of 243 which is considered unhealthy and hazardous.
As per the reading by IQ Air, a Swiss group that collects real-time air-quality data around the globe, the particulate matter pollution (PM2.5) levels of Kathmandu at 8 am (local time) stood at 241 micrograms per cubic metre.
According to data from IQ Air, a Swiss air quality technology company, Pakistan recorded an average PM2.5 concentration of 73.7 micrograms per cubic meter (mg/m3), maintaining its position as the second worst country for air quality in 2023, as per Geo News.
According to the air pollution data shared by the Punjab Environment Protection Department, Upper Mall remained the most polluted locality with a 508 Air Quality Index reading.