Air polution in Dhaka Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneUpscale residential areas like Gulshan, Baridhara among most polluted onesBangladesh’s capital Dhaka has ranked first among cities with the worst air quality, despite light rain through the daytime. According to Air Visuals, Dhaka had an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 215 at 8:40pm on Tuesday. According to Air Visuals, air quality in Bashundhara, Gulshan, and Baridhara areas had scores of 225, 215, and 197, respectively. airvisual.comCambodia’s Phnom Penh, Delhi and China’s Hangzhou occupied the second and third spots in the list of cities with the worst air quality with AQI scores of 177 for each individual city. The Department of Environment has also set national ambient air quality standards for these pollutants.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 25, 2020 15:00 UTC