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Ludhiana, Kanpur among world's top 10 cities with worst air pollution

New Delhi: Some of the world's largest and most densely populated cities have air that is so polluted that people suffer from lung diseases at rates that are significantly above global averages. Birth defects in

7. Peshawar, Pakistan

 

This Pakistani city is the second most polluted in the country at 219 ug/m3, beating the capital Lahore which can be found in eleventh place. Reports from 2006 showed the city at sixth place and “getting worse”, despite the government taking anti-pollution measures. Clearly the measures were ineffective, given how polluted the air still is. Part of the problem is the auto-rickshaws that clog up the streets and belch out fumes.

 

 

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