Delhi overtakes Lahore as world's most polluted city as air quality drops
IQAir said Delhi’s AQI hit 334 as winter smog trapped emissions and pushed the city past Lahore despite stepped-up enforcement in Punjab.
- On Friday, Delhi overtook Lahore as the world's most polluted city as hazardous smog blanketed the capital of 20 million people. Swiss group IQAir measured the air quality index at 334.
- Pollution levels spiked since the Diwali festival on November 8 as winter weather traps emissions across northern India. India's Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change attributes 23 per cent of winter pollution to vehicles and 20 per cent to biomass burning.
- India's Central Pollution Control Board recorded a severe reading of 403 on Friday, with 33 of the city's 58 monitoring stations reporting severe conditions. Short-term PM2.5 exposure is linked to about 33,000 annual deaths across Indian cities.
- Punjab Environment Protection Agency spokesperson Sajjad Bashir reported intensified enforcement actions against pollution sources. Authorities sealed 1,419 industrial units and imposed fines totalling Rs216.98m this year, representing a "substantial increase" in regulatory efforts.
- Bashir noted favourable weather dispersed pollutants but warned enforcement must continue beyond the smog season. Pollution remains a recurring seasonal challenge trapping emissions from construction, industry, and agriculture every winter across northern India.
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Delhi overtakes Lahore as world's most polluted city as air quality drops
India's capital Delhi overtook Lahore in Pakistan to become the world's most polluted city on Friday, with air quality reaching hazardous levels and visibility dropping as smog blanketed the city of 20 million people.
In a scene that reflects the seriousness of the environmental challenges facing major cities, the Indian capital, New Delhi, is at the forefront of the world ' s most polluted cities, after going beyond the Pakistani city of Lahore, amid rising levels of smoke fog.
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New Delhi: Delhi overtook Pakistan’s Lahore to become the world’s most polluted major city on Friday as a thick layer of smog covered the national capital, reducing visibility and pushing air pollution levels into the hazardous category. With a population of nearly 20 million, Delhi witnessed deteriorating air quality as pollution levels climbed sharply. The [...] The post Delhi Becomes World’s Most Polluted City as AQI Crosses 400 appeared firs…
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