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Title: Delhi not alone, 3 other cities equally polluted, says WHO
Source:The Indian Express
Date:10 May 2014
It is not just Delhi, but 25 other Indian cities have higher air pollution levels than Beijing — formerly thought to be the city with the worst air in the world — a 2014-version of the Ambient Air Pollution (AAP) Database released by WHO has shown.With only three of these 25 cities using the most advanced BS IV fuel emission norms in India, environmentalists said an aggressive plan to combat vehicular pollution was vital. The AAP data contains results of outdoor air pollution from almost 1,600 cities in 91 countries and finds that of the 20 cities with the worst air quality, 13 are in India.
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