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Delhi+Varanasi Among Most Polluted Cities In World :WHO

[New Delhi]Delhi+Varanasi Among Most Polluted Cities In World
As per WHO India’s National and religious capitals Delhi and Varanasi are among the 14 Indian cities that figured in a list of 20 most polluted cities in the world in terms of PM2.5 levels in 2016, .
The WHO data also said that nine out of 10 people in the world breathe air containing high levels of pollutants.
Other Indian cities that registered very high levels of PM2.5 pollutants were
Kanpur,
Faridabad,
Gaya,
Patna,
Agra,
Muzaffarpur,
Srinagar,
Gurgaon,
Jaipur,
Patiala and
Jodhpur followed by
Ali Subah Al-Salem in Kuwait
and a few cities in China and Mongolia.
The PM2.5 includes pollutants like sulfate, nitrate and black carbon, which pose the greatest risk to human health
“WHO estimates that around 7 million people die every year from exposure to fine particles