World’s top 10 most polluted cities list: Mumbai in second spot; Delhi out of list
Till now the name of the country’s capital Delhi was taken in the list of most polluted cities, but now the name of Delhi is out in the list of 10 most polluted cities of the world. Now another big city of the country has reached number two in this list. The country’s capital Delhi has dropped out of the list of 10 most polluted cities in the world. This information was tweeted by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal himself. He cited reports that the national capital does not feature in the list of most polluted cities in the world. He has also shared the list of top 10 cities in his tweet.
After a long time, Delhi is not in the list of most polluted cities of the world. Efforts of Delhiites are slowly but surely paying off. Congrats Delhi! But its still a long way to go. We have to be counted in the most clean cities of the world pic.twitter.com/iSWmLdBzQ6
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) February 16, 2023
Arvind Kejriwal has congratulated Delhiites through his tweet. In his tweet, Arvind Kejriwal wrote that after a long time Delhi has not been included in the list of most polluted cities in the world. Arvind Kejriwal said that ‘we still have a long way to go. We have to be among the cleanest cities in the world.’
According to the report, Lahore of Pakistan has become the most polluted city in the world. While Mumbai is the second most polluted and Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, is at number three in the world’s top 10 most polluted cities. Taiwan’s Kaohsiung is on the fourth position, Kyrgyzstan’s city of Bishkek is fifth, Ghana’s city of Accra is on sixth, Poland’s city of Krakow is on seventh, Qatar’s city is Doha on eighth, Kazakhstan’s Astana is on 9th and Chile’s city of Santiago is on number 10.
According to data from the Union Environment Ministry, PM 2.5 levels in Delhi are declined from 135 micrograms per cubic meter in 2016 to 97 micrograms per cubic meter in 2022. This is 28 percent less in 5 years. PM 10 levels are also declined from 291 micrograms per cubic meter in 2016 to 211 micrograms per cubic meter in 2022, a 27 percent reduction.
