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Lucknow NEPAL BANGLADESH INDIA Varanasi Patna Muzaffarpur Gaya Kanpur Agra Faridabad Delhi nas Delhi • Capital city of India. • PM2.5 level: 143 mcg per cu m. Lucknow • Capital of Uttar Pradesh. • PM2.5 level: 138 mcg per cu m. Varanasi • City in Uttar Pradesh is known as India’s spiritual capital. It is the constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. • PM 2.5 level: 151 mcg per cu m. Agra • City on the banks of Yamuna River in Uttar Pradesh, where the Taj Mahal is sited. • PM2.5 level: 131 mcg per cu m. Kanpur • The city has over 200 working tanneries. • PM2.5 level: 173 mcg per cu m, nearly six times over WHO’s safe limit of 30. Muzaffarpur • City in Bihar state. • PM2.5 level: 120 mcg per cu m. Patna • Capital city of Bihar state. • PM 2.5 level: 144 mcg per cu m. Faridabad • Largest city in the state of Haryana, part of the Delhi national capital region. • PM2.5 level: 172 mcg per cu m. India: Home to nine of the world’s 10 most polluted cities* NOTE: *The ranking, released in May 2018, is based on measurements and calculations as of 2016 from air monitoring stations in 4,300 cities. The African city of Bamenda in Cameroon is the only city outside of India in the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) ranking of the world’s top 10 most polluted cities. Gaya • In Bihar state. • PM 2.5 level: 149 mcg per cu m. G a n g e s R i ver Padma River Bay of Bengal Ghaghara River Source: WHO STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS CHINA INDIA SINGAPORE Indian Ocean Ganges River Bamenda, Cameroon WHAT IS PM2.5? • Toxic particles less than 2.5 microns in size – or a thirtieth of the diameter of human hair. • Over-exposure increases the risk of lung and heart illnesses. • The minute particles can penetrate deep into the lungs and once they enter the bloodstream, they can go anywhere in the body. Main causes of pollution • Vehicle emissions • Solid waste burning • Dust from construction • Industrial emissions • Crop burning • Burning of wood and coal for cooking and heating

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Page 1: India: Home to nine of the world’s 10 most polluted cities* · 7/17/2018 · the World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) ranking of the world’s top 10 most polluted cities. Gaya

Lucknow

NEPAL

BANGLADESH

INDIA

VaranasiPatna

Muzaffarpur

Gaya

Kanpur

Agra

Faridabad

Delhi

Varanasi

Delhi • Capital city of India.• PM2.5 level:143 mcg per cu m.

Lucknow• Capital of Uttar Pradesh. • PM2.5 level:138 mcg per cu m.

Varanasi• City in Uttar Pradesh is known as India’s spiritual capital. It is the constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. • PM 2.5 level: 151 mcg per cu m.

Agra • City on the banksof Yamuna River inUttar Pradesh, wherethe Taj Mahal is sited.• PM2.5 level:131 mcg per cu m.

Kanpur• The city has over 200 working tanneries.• PM2.5 level:173 mcg per cu m, nearly six times over WHO’s safe limit of 30.

Muzaffarpur• City in Bihar state. • PM2.5 level:120 mcg per cu m.

Patna• Capital city of Bihar state.• PM 2.5 level:144 mcg per cu m.

Faridabad• Largest city in the state of Haryana, part of the Delhi national capital region. • PM2.5 level:172 mcg per cu m.

India: Home to nine of the world’s 10 most polluted cities*

NOTE: *The ranking, released in May 2018, is based on measurements and calculations as of 2016 fromair monitoring stations in 4,300 cities. The African city of Bamenda in Cameroon is the only city outside of India inthe World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) ranking of the world’stop 10 most polluted cities.

Gaya • In Bihar state.• PM 2.5 level: 149 mcg per cu m.

Ganges River

PadmaRiver

Bay of Bengal

GhagharaRiver

Source: WHO STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS

CHINA

INDIA

SINGAPORE

IndianOcean

Ganges River

Bamenda,Cameroon

WHAT IS PM2.5?• Toxic particles less than 2.5 microns insize – or a thirtiethof the diameter of human hair.• Over-exposure increases the risk of lung and heart illnesses.• The minute particles can penetrate deep into the lungs and once they enter the bloodstream, they can go anywhere in the body.

Main causes of pollution• Vehicle emissions• Solid waste burning

• Dust from construction• Industrial emissions

• Crop burning• Burning of wood and coal for cooking and heating

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