IQAir, a Switzerland-based air quality technology company has recently published the World Air Quality Report for the year 2022. The index that came out recently, hints that India is at the eighth rank in terms of the world’s most polluted country in the world.
For 2022, the country has witnessed a little drop in the ranking as it was placed at the 5th spot in the previous year. However, 2022 data goes down to 8th with the PM2.5 level. As compared to cleaner countries, the denizens of India are susceptible to 83.2 μg/cubic metre of PM2.5 pollutants which is significantly much higher than the WHO recommended unit. Also, the information highlights that the most polluted Indian cities are positioned at 53.3.
In the list of 50 most polluted cities in the world, 39 are already in India which indicates growing concerns as the air is becoming unbreathable day by day. Further, what is alarming is that increasing pollution has proven hazardous to health.