Air Pollution Levels In 100 Cities

Delhi scored 172 points and ranked 21st, sharing the position with Visakhapatnam. It was ahead of Mumbai, Bengaluru and Kolkata.

The report says that if there is a delay of about eight years (the expected average global implementation delay) in reaching the standards, the reduction would only be 10 per cent, translating into substantially greater health impacts over the period.

Aum said that a cleaner capital could improve daily life and influence how people abroad view India.

Delhi University has launched India's first Carbon Garden at its Botany Department to combat air and soil pollution and boost urban biodiversity.

Almost the entire global population (99 per cent) breathes air containing pollutant levels exceeding the World Health Organization's air quality guidelines, with the highest exposures seen in low and middle-income countries, the researchers said.