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Title: Rank-bad air: 5 of world’s 10 worst in NCR
Source:The Times of India
Date:6 March 2019
Five out of the top 10 most-polluted cities in the world are in Delhi-NCR with Gurgaon being at the number 1 spot clocking an annual average PM2.5 reading of 135.8 micrograms per cubic metre (ug/m3) in 2018. This has been revealed by data compiled in the IQAir AirVisual 2018 World Air Quality Report prepared in collaboration with Greenpeace Southeast Asia. Ghaziabad is at the second spot with 135.2ug/m3, while Faisalabad in Pakistan is third with 130.4. Faridabad, Bhiwadi and Noida take the next three spots with average PM2.5 readings of 129.1, 125.4 and 123.6, respectively.
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