New Delhi.| The increase in the number of premature deaths from exposure to air pollution is highest in cities in South Asia. According to a research, air pollution in India caused an estimated 1,00,000 premature deaths in Mumbai, Bangalore, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chennai, Surat, Pune and Ahmedabad.
A study led by researchers from the University of Birmingham and UCL showed that in rapidly growing tropical cities, nearly 180,000 avoidable deaths over 14 years were due to rapid increases in air pollution.
The international team of scientists used space-based observations from NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) satellites for 2005 to 2018 to narrow down data gaps in air quality for 46 future megacities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East. target has been set.
The cities analyzed in the research are: Africa: Abidjan, Abuja, Addis Ababa, Antananarivo, Bamako, Blantyre, Conakry, Dakar, Dar es Salaam, Ibadan, Kaduna, Kampala, Kano, Khartoum, Kigali, Kinshasa, Lagos , Lilongwe, Luanda, Lubumbashi, Lusaka, Mombasa, N’Jamena, Nairobi, Niamey and Ouagadougou.
South Asia: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Chittagong, Dhaka, Hyderabad, Karachi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune and Surat.
Southeast Asia: Bangkok, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Jakarta, Manila, Phnom Penh and Yangon.
Middle East: Riyadh and Sanaa
Published April 8 in Science Advances, the study reveals a rapid decline in air quality and an increase in urban exposure to health-threatening air pollutants.
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