After weeks of extraordinarily high levels of toxins in the atmosphere due to thick smog that covered the megacity, Lahore’s air quality index (AQI) finally dropped out of the “hazardous” category on Sunday, marking a significant improvement in pollution levels.
Today, the provincial capital became the second most polluted city in the world with an AQI of 295 (which is considered “very unhealthy”). New Delhi, India, topped the Swiss firm IQ Air’s index with an AQI of 751.
The metropolis, which is home to 14 million people, has been hardest hit by the province’s ongoing smog crisis, which has forced authorities to take drastic steps to combat it.
