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Detailed explanation-1: -In comparison to other countries, Indians are exposed to an average of 83.2 g/cubic metre of PM2. 5 pollutants compared to cleaner countries which record a relatively tiny figure of just 8g / cubic metre.
Detailed explanation-2: -5 concentration of 99.71 ug/m3 – 2.5 times the safe limit (40 ug/m3) set by the CPCB. Most of the top ten polluted cities of 2022 – with regard to both PM2. 5 and PM10 – are from the Indo-Gangetic Plain, including Ghaziabad, Noida and Meerut from Uttar Pradesh, Muzaffarpur and Patna in Bihar, and Delhi.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Indian cities, a major part of air pollution is sourced, all year around, from burning of diesel, petrol, gas, coal, biomass, and waste and resuspended dust.