Dhaka ranks 15th worst in Air Quality Index

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Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked the fifteenth worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Tuesday.

The independent live air-quality index monitor, Air Visual, shows Dhaka’s AQI value as 136 around 9:15am.

Pakistan's Lahore topped the list with an AQI value of 195 while Thailand's Chiang Mai, Pakistan's Karachi and India's Delhi stood second, third and fourth in the list of poor air cities with AQI values 188, 186 and 185 respectively.

Screen grab taken from the website of Air Visual on 17 March 2020.

Earlier, Dhaka topped the worst air city list on 9, 14, 18, 19, 24 and 25 February. It had also ranked the worst on 17 and 23 November, 26 December and 6, 29, 31 January.

Screen grab taken from the website of Air Visual on 17 March 2020.

The city has been continuously staying within the five most polluted cities around the world.

The AQI is a tool for measuring daily air quality of any city or country. It refers to the degree of pollution or cleanliness.