Question- ‘2020 World Air Quality report’ is recently released by-
(a) IQAir
(b) WHO
(c) WEF
(d) Air quality index
Ans. (a)
Related Facts-
- The report is prepared by Swiss organisation, IQAir, in the form of the ‘World Air Quality Report, 2020’, which has released globally.
- Twenty-two of the world’s 30 most polluted cities are in India, with Delhi being ranked as the most polluted capital city globally, the report said.
- It said that despite the improvement, Delhi ranked as the 10th most polluted city and the top polluted capital city in the world.
- The report, however, shows that Delhi’s air quality improved by approximately 15% from 2019 to 2020.
- As per the report, the top most polluted city is Xinjiang in China followed by nine Indian cities.
- Ghaziabad is the second most polluted city in the world followed by Bulandshahar, Bisrakh Jalalpur, Noida, Greater Noida, Kanpur, Lucknow and Bhiwari.
- The global cities ranking report is based on PM2.5 data from 106 countries, which is measured by ground-based monitoring stations, most of which is operated by government agencies.
- Major sources of India’s air pollution include transportation, biomass burning for cooking, electricity generation, industry, construction, waste burning and episodic agricultural burning.
- The transportation sector is one of the major contributors to India’s leading PM2.5 emission sources across cities,” the report said.
By- Yogesh Pratap Singh