LAHORE: Bad air keeps Lahore placed on top of the most polluted cities of the world with Air Quality Index (AQI) reading 451 on Wednesday, ARY News reported.
According to reports, polluted air blowing from India affecting the air quality in Punjab, aggravating air pollution in the province to hazardous levels.
The air quality in Lahore and adjoining areas has aggravated the level of the particulate matter in the air.
The air quality in Multan has been worst in the country with 902 recorded level of air pollution.
Moreover, particulate matter recorded 726 in Gujranwala, 633 in Raiwind area of Lahore, 433 in Kahna, 389 AQI in Faisalabad and 341 AQI reading in Bahawalpur.
The air pollution and smog haunts Punjab with the onset of winter. In previous years authorities made desperate efforts to contain smog in cities. The province grappled with severe air pollution, which soared to alarming levels, causing serious public health issues.
For days, Lahore was enveloped by smog, a mix of fog and pollutants, caused by low-grade diesel fumes, smoke from seasonal agricultural burning as temperatures drop with cooling air.
Air pollution level in Lahore once soared to more than 80 times of the level deemed hygienic by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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