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• Kathmandu, Nepal

• Kuwait City

• Dhaka • Lima, Peru

road-rationing from November 4 to November
15, but the top court has questioned the efficacy of
the initiative.
The other cities on Skymet’s list are from Paki-
stan, China, Vietnam and Nepal. What should be
particularly worrying for Delhi residents is the gap
between them and Lahore in second place - Lahore
recorded an AQI of just 234.
China’s pollution levels have seen an improve-
ment to the extent that it only comes at the sixth
spot with Chengdu’s AQI at 158. Hanoi in Vietnam
ranked seventh with AQI being 158, Guangzhou is
eighth with AQI at 157. Mumbai is in the ninth with
an AQI of 153 and Kathmandu in Nepal is at the tenth
spot at 152.

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