This is what Lahore, the most polluted city in the world, looks like from space

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With record levels of pollution, layer of toxic smog which illuminated the Pakistani city Lahore Other areas of eastern Pakistan and northwestern India are visible from space, according to several NASA satellite images.

Images published by the US space agency show a large grayish cloud completely covering this part of the territory. South Asia.

Lahore, from almost 15 million inhabitantshas been topping the list of the world’s most polluted cities for several days, according to data from Swiss air quality measurement platform IQ Air.

Photo taken from NASA Worldview/Aristegui News.

This Tuesday at 12:00 (7:00 GMT) an independent observer recorded. AQI 635 in Lahorethe most polluted on the planet during the day.

Pollution in this region is determined PM 2.5 concentration (floating airborne particles with a diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less), most dangerous due to their ability to pass through the respiratory tract.

Air pollution levels broke records in the cities of Lahore and Multan last week, with levels one hundred times higher than World Health Organization air quality guidelines.

UNICEF has warned that poor air quality in eastern Pakistan could have serious consequences. devastating impact on the health of millions of children who live in Lahore.

Authorities in the city and the Punjab province to which it belongs have already taken numerous measures to try to stop this process, which occurs every year, especially during the drier months of November and December.

Photo via EFE

Parks and other public places are closed until November 17. School classes have been suspended.

In neighboring New Delhi, India, the situation is similar, although air quality levels are currently at a lower alert level than in the Pakistani city of Lahore.

Reasons attributed to deteriorating air quality include burning of stubble and organic waste by farmers in rural areas of northwest India.

EFE

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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