IQAir Report: 14 of the top 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India

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• Jun 7, 2023 | Dhupali Das

India fared poorly on the air pollution index in 2022, despite improving three...

Digital Desk: India fared poorly on the air pollution index in 2022, despite improving three places from the previous year on the list of countries with the worst air quality.

India was ranked eighth on the list, slipping by three spots from the previous year, with Chad, Iraq, Pakistan, Bahrain, and Bangladesh being the five most polluted countries in 2022.

According to the annual world air quality report produced by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir, 14 of the top 20 most polluted cities in the world are in India.

Here are the top 20 polluted cities in the world:

1. Lahore,  Pakistan

2. Hotan, China

3.  Bhiwadi, India 

4. Delhi, India

5. Peshawar, Pakistan

6.  Darbhanga, India,

7. Asopur, India

8. N'Djamena, Chad 

9.  New Delhi, India

10. Patna, India

11. Ghaziabad, India

12. Dharuhera, India

13. Baghdad, Iraq

14. Chapra, India 

15. Muzzafarnagar, India

16. Faisalabad, India

17. Greater Noida, India 

18. Bahadurgarh, India

19. Faridabad, India 

20. Muzzafarpur, India 

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