“We often suffer from asthma, fever and allergies while pulling rickshaws on the roads,” said Rafiq Mandal, who rides a traditional two-wheeler to earn his livelihood. “It’s often very painful.”
Swiss group IQAir said images from drones equipped with cameras showed smog at 9:00 a.m. (0300 GMT), pushing Dhaka to the top spot among the world’s most polluted cities with an “alarming” index level of 325.
But conditions improved little, with the index falling into the “unhealthy” category to 177 by 1.35 pm (0735 GMT).
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