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Workers on top of Ghazipur landfill in 2013. The Ghazipur landfill is a landfill waste dumping site established in 1984. It is located in Ghazipur, a village in the eastern district of Delhi, India.
The air pollution in Delhi, the capital territory of India, was found to be the worst of any major city in the world in an August 2022 survey of 7,000 world cities by the US-based Health Effects Institute [2]. The air pollution in Delhi also affects the surrounding districts.
Air pollution, poor management of waste, growing water scarcity, falling groundwater tables, water pollution, preservation and quality of forests, biodiversity loss, and land/soil degradation are some of the major environmental issues India faces today. [12] India's population growth adds pressure to environmental issues and its resources.
The January 2024 version of the WHO database contains results of ambient (outdoor) air pollution monitoring from almost 5,390 towns and cities in 63 countries. Air quality in the database is represented by the annual mean concentration of particulate matter ( PM10 and PM2.5, i.e. particles smaller than 10 or 2.5 micrometers, respectively).
For instance, some places like Africa and South America lack air pollution reporting tools, so their pollution levels are probably not reflected in this list. Moreover, many cities from a certain country are featured in the list may only mean that they have large and wide air pollution monitoring networks, which may or may not be an indicator ...
The Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, and the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India, annually publish National City Rating under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan scheme. The rating includes around 500 cities, covering 72 percent of the urban population in India.
Environmental problems in Delhi, India, are a threat to the well-being of the city's and area's inhabitants as well as the flora and fauna. Delhi, the ninth-most populated metropolis in the world (second largest if the entire NCR includes especially Faridabad and Gurugram– Haryana, is one of the most heavily polluted cities in India, [1] having for instance one of the country's highest ...
Air pollution can affect nearly every organ and system of the body, negatively affecting nature and humans alike. Air pollution is a particularly big problem in emerging and developing countries, where global environmental standards often cannot be met. The data in this list refers only to outdoor air quality and not indoor air quality, which ...