After Pakistan, smog enveloped the capital of India, Delhi
Among the world’s most polluted cities, the Indian capital Delhi came first and the Pakistani city Lahore came second.Delhi’s air quality index was 1079 while Lahore’s air pollution ratio was 574.
Pollution is a major cause of smog and includes smoke, particles from burning straw and garbage, gases from vehicles and factories and the particles get suspended in the air, making the air look polluted from bottom to top.
A good Air Quality Index (AQI) is 0 to 50, which is considered satisfactory and means that air pollution poses little or no risk while Delhi in India recorded an Air Quality Index of 1079 and In Pakistan, the air pollution ratio of Lahore was recorded as 574.
Pakistan is more affected by smog than India and many cities of Pakistan are affected, including Lahore and Multan. Smog has affected different parts of Pakistan The education system has also been affected, with smog, educational institutions will remain closed while private institutions have been ordered to transfer half to an online shift.
Among the most polluted cities of Pakistan, after Lahore, Multan was ranked second and Islamabad was ranked third, while Rawalpindi was ranked fourth and Peshawar was ranked fifth. Traffic flow was affected.
Apart from Punjab, there is smog in most of the districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, and due to heavy fog and smog in the plains of Punjab, various motorways were also closed, which affected the flow of traffic.
