Delhi world's 'most polluted' capital city: report - BBC News

Delhi is just one of the Indian cities which made the report's list of the world's most polluted.

4 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Delhi struggles with bad air round the yearDelhi was the most polluted capital city in the world in 2023, a Swiss-based air-quality monitoring group has found.

India, of which Delhi is the capital, was also ranked as the world's third-most polluted country after neighbours Bangladesh and Pakistan, IQAir said.

The country's air has worsened since 2022, when it was the eighth most polluted country, it added.

Air pollution is a serious problem in several Indian cities.

Experts say that rapid industrialisation coupled with weak enforcement of environmental laws have played a role in increasing pollution in the country.

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