Lahore, once celebrated as the "City of Gardens," has now become infamous as the most polluted city in the world, wth Air Quality Index (AQI) recorded 307 on Tuesday morning
Lahore has retained its position as the world's most polluted city, with hazardous air quality readings posing a significant threat to public health. According to recent data, the city's air quality reading stands at 303 points, indicating extremely poor air quality.
Lahore has been ranked the most polluted city globally, with its air quality reaching "hazardous" levels, while Karachi's AQI remains in the "very unhealthy" range, marking it as the fourth most polluted city in the world. Both cities are grappling with severe smog caused by vehicle emission
On Saturday morning, the port city's air quality index (AQI) surged to 212, making it the most polluted major city globally, according to the Swiss group IQAir's rankings.
BJP leader Manoj Tiwari alongwith other party members handed out N95 masks to the people as a measure to protect them from the polluted air and also from transfer of microorganisms, body fluids, and particulate material.
Sharing a list of 'most polluted city' in their ranking, Shashi Tharoor posted on X, "Delhi is officially the most polluted city in the world, 4x Hazardous levels and nearly five times as bad as the second most polluted city, Dhaka. It is unconscionable that our government has been witnes
As Lahore remained the world's most polluted city, the dense haze showed no sign of easing, grounding train schedules, closing motorways, and forcing authorities to impose lockdown-like measures.
The bench led by Chief Justice of Delhi, emphasized that allowing people to perform the puja in the river could lead to health issues, referring to a recent case where an individual fell ill after taking a dip in the polluted water and was hospitalized.
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.
Expressing her anguish over the condition of water being supplied to the residents of the national capital, Aam Aadmi Party MP Swati Maliwal on Saturday filled a bottle of polluted water and threw it outside the Delhi Chief Minister Atishi's residence.