Air pollution: 20 cities in top 30 list in India; Gwalior worst, Kanpur follows, says WHO
The latest ranking by WHO of cities based on ambient air quality lists eight Indian metropolises among the top 10 most polluted. Furthermore, India dominates the top 30 list with 20 cities. Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh comes on top of places hard to breathe in, followed by Kanpur, Faridabad and Allahabad.
Late last year, Greenpeace India, as part of its Airpocalypse-II Report, had compiled data from 280 cities across the country. Image source: PTI