New Delhi: The national capital Delhi has once again found the top spot in the list of most polluted cities in the world. The latest Air Quality Life Index (AQLI), released by the University of Chicago's Energy Policy Institute (EPIC), shows that air pollution in Delhi has become more dangerous than smoking. Smoking reduces life expectancy by 1.5 years, but air pollution can reduce life by about 10 years. Child malnutrition and maternal malnutrition are also now less deadly than air pollution. Because they are also 1.5 years and 1.8 years old respectively. In this research, the potential lifespan effects of air pollution have been described.
AQLI has found that air pollution has led to a 2.2-year decline in potential lifespans across the world. The impact of air pollution on potential lifespan is three times greater than alcohol and dirty water, 6 times greater than AIDS and 89 times more than that of terrorism. Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana and Tripura are among the five most polluted states in the country. Due to air pollution, the life expectancy of the population of these States has decreased. The research, released on Tuesday, shows that India is the second most polluted country after Bangladesh in the world.
Due to bad air in Bangladesh, the age of people has decreased by 6.9 years in 2020. It is followed by Nepal (4.1 years), Pakistan (3.8 years) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (2.9 years). The report shows that India's position is worse than its neighbours Pakistan and Nepal in terms of the potential lifetime impact of air pollution.
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