Updated On: 17 March, 2021 08:01 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
The report, however, shows that Delhi’s air quality improved by about 15 per cent from 2019 to 2020.

Commuters make their way along a street amid heavy smog in New Delhi on January 16, 2021. Pic/AFP
Twenty-two of the world’s 30 most polluted cities are in India, with Delhi being ranked as the most polluted capital city globally, a new report said on Tuesday. The report is prepared by Swiss organisation, IQAir, in the form of the ‘World Air Quality Report, 2020’, which has released globally.
The report, however, shows that Delhi’s air quality improved by about 15 per cent from 2019 to 2020. Despite the improvement, Delhi ranked as the 10th most polluted city and the top polluted capital city in the world.