Air quality report: 204 Indian cities above national safe limit
India
A new report shows that 204 out of 238 Indian cities had PM2.5 pollution above the national safe limit last winter.
Not a single city met the World Health Organization's much stricter guideline for clean air.
Ghaziabad, Noida, Delhi worst offenders
Ghaziabad, Noida, and Delhi had the highest PM2.5 levels (over four times India's limit).
In fact, nearly every city in the National Capital Region (NCR) and Indo-Gangetic Plain failed to meet standards.
Chamarajanagar cleanest city
On a brighter note, Chamarajanagar in Karnataka was named the cleanest, with eight of the 10 least polluted cities in Karnataka and the remaining two in Madhya Pradesh and Meghalaya.
Even big cities like Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai were above national limits, but Bengaluru came closest to staying under.