AQI Index: Thanks to rain, Dhaka air now 'good'
, May 27 -- Dhaka's air quality has turned 'good', all thanks to monsoon showers in different parts of the country.
With an air quality index (AQI) score of 47 at 10:30am today, the city ranked 67th in the list of world cities with the worst air quality.
India's Delhi, Pakistan's Lahore and Philipines's Manila occupied the first three spots in the list, with AQI scores of 195, 173 and 115, respectively.
An AQI between zero and 50 is considered 'good'.
When the AQI value for particle pollution is between 101 and 150, air quality is considered 'unhealthy for sensitive groups', between 150 and 200 is 'unhealthy', between 201 and 300 is said to be 'very unhealthy', while a reading of 301+ is considered 'hazardous', posing serious health r...
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