Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
An afternoon in Lahore in 2008 looks almost like nighttime due to smog blocking the sun's light. Smog over eastern Pakistan and northwestern India is visible in this 2023 satellite photo from space. Air pollution in Lahore , Punjab , Pakistan is a recurring issue.
Air quality index of 2,553 and PM2.5 concentration of 947 μg per cubic metre reached in Multan on 8 November. The 2024 India–Pakistan smog is a severe record-breaking air pollution event that affected Eastern and Northern Pakistan and North India in November 2024, primarily in the Pakistani city of Lahore and Indian city of Delhi .
This list contains the top 500 cities by PM2.5 annual mean concentration measurement as documented by the World Health Organization covering the period from 2010 to 2022. 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.
Get the Lahore, Punjab local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
An air quality index (AQI) is an indicator developed by government agencies [1] to communicate to the public how polluted the air currently is or how polluted it is forecast to become. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As air pollution levels rise, so does the AQI, along with the associated public health risk.
The megacities of Pakistan, such as Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad and Rawalpindi, face the issue of noise pollution. The main source of this pollution is the traffic noise caused by buses, cars, trucks, rickshaws and water tankers. A study showed that on one of Karachi's main roads, the average noise level was around 90 dB and was capable of ...
About 2 million baked goods sold nationwide — including some doughnuts and coffee rolls purchased at Dunkin' — were recalled due to concerns the products might be contaminated with listeria ...
The 2022 World Air Quality Report by IQAir reveals that Peshawar, the second most polluted city in Pakistan, holds the fifth position worldwide in terms of pollution. The city has an average PM2.5 concentration of 101.4 μg/m 3. [3]