So much rain, yet Dhaka ranks sixth in the world in terms of air pollution

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It has been raining in the capital for two days. And the air quality is already good at this time of the end of April. Still, on Tuesday, Dhaka is ranked sixth among 124 cities in the world. Air quality at IQAir is 118. This value is harmful for sensitive groups, ie elderly people, children and pregnant women. Experts say the relatively poor air quality despite the rains is due to failure to control local sources of pollution. Even 8 to 10 years ago the situation would not have been so bad at that time. The fact that government efforts to improve air quality in the city of nearly two million people are non-existent or ineffective at all is proof of that.

This situation of air pollution has been highlighted by IQAir, a Switzerland-based company. The organization regularly highlights the state of air pollution. This live or instant indicator of air quality informs and alerts people about how clean or polluted the air is in a particular city.

Today Kinshasa, the capital of the Republic of Congo, is the most polluted city among 124 cities in the world. The air quality of this city is 196. Overall, air quality is relatively good globally.

Among them, the rain that started last Sunday afternoon and the cloudy sky continued till this morning. 42 mm of rain fell in the city on Sunday. And in the last 24 hours it rained 17 mm. Why is the city’s air quality in this state after so much rain? In response to the question, Chairman of Atmospheric Pollution Study Center (CAPS) Ahmed Kamruzzaman Majumdar told Prothom Alo today that the sources of the current pollution in Dhaka are from this country. Chief among these is the fumes of unfit cars. Besides this there is road dust. No government can control these unfit cars.

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Dhaka’s air has ranged from unhealthy to very unhealthy almost every day during the last dry season, and even disastrous on some days. If the air quality is more than 300, it is considered as disaster. Compared to that, however, pollution is less today. However, Professor Kamruzzaman Majumdar said that pollution is very low during this time. Much more than that today. At least the benefits of the rain are not getting as much now.

Gulshan’s Beige Age Water is at the top in air pollution today. The air quality in this area is 149. Then there are Becharam Deuri (149), Gulshan Lake Park (129), Grace International School Gulshan (127), Dhanmondi (122) and Baridhara Park Road (119).

According to IQAir’s advice, with the air quality in Dhaka today, sensitive groups must wear masks when going outside. It is advised not to exercise outside the house. And the windows of the house should be kept closed as much as possible.