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This List Of Asia's 5 Dirtiest Cities Reveals Toxic Threats From China To India
A Bangladeshi woman collects contaminated water from the polluted Buriganga in Dhaka in March 2015. (MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Bangkok city officials say by year’s end they will ban certain clusters of street food, one of the Thai capital’s key tourist attractions, to make the place cleaner and freer of obstructions. The plan is smearing debate on city hall. But if carried out, it will put Bangkok well ahead of cities elsewhere in developing Asia where lack of basic sanitation joins air pollution caused by sudden booms in industry and urbanization.
Here are the five dirtiest cities in Asia, according to names mentioned most often by non-governmental organizations and local media reports:
1. Dhaka, Bangladesh
Slums in the capital of Bangladesh lack access to “safe water,” sanitation and waste management, UNICEF found in 2011. Spotty storm drainage adds filth. Air pollution driven by coarse particulate matter has grown severe enough to be blamed for premature deaths in the 14.5 million-person city, crisis resolution NGO IRIN says.
2. Kalimantan, Indonesia
Kalimantan is a group of five provinces on Indonesian Borneo rather than a city. A series of studies point to severe pollution affecting at least 225,000 people. Cropland fires on the western side create hazardously hazy air. Use of mercury among small-scale miners to extract gold has led to wide-reaching air pollution. Some of the 43,000 people who depend on gold mining also smelt at home, trapping toxic air indoors, according to this study by the NGO Pure Earth.
3. Mumbai, India
The Indian financial center of about 19 million people suffers from poor garbage disposal and sometimes undrinkable tap water. Air pollution caused by vehicular exhaust, construction dust and industrial emissions have contributed to the premature deaths of more than 80,000 adults over 30 years, the Times of India reports.
4. New Delhi, India
In the crowded Indian capital of about 17 million people, it’s easy to spot public urination and piles of garbage in the streets. Popular Science calls air pollution “off the charts,” probably due to vehicular exhaust, cropland burning and festive fireworks. It’s little wonder one of the parties fielding candidates in municipal elections this month proposes to sweep roads at night and introduce a “zero-waste management plan,” per this Times of India report.
5. Xingtai, China
This city about 400 kilometers from Beijing was named by the official China Daily newspaper online as the country’s most polluted because of high particulate matter in the air. Xingtai, a city of 7.1 million people, generates its pollution from coal production -- a bane to China's environment but an unshakable source of energy for economic growth. Other cities in surrounding Hebei province also rank on China’s own most-polluted list.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphj...sian-cities-remain-the-dirtiest/#71126e664853
A Bangladeshi woman collects contaminated water from the polluted Buriganga in Dhaka in March 2015. (MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images)
Bangkok city officials say by year’s end they will ban certain clusters of street food, one of the Thai capital’s key tourist attractions, to make the place cleaner and freer of obstructions. The plan is smearing debate on city hall. But if carried out, it will put Bangkok well ahead of cities elsewhere in developing Asia where lack of basic sanitation joins air pollution caused by sudden booms in industry and urbanization.
Here are the five dirtiest cities in Asia, according to names mentioned most often by non-governmental organizations and local media reports:
1. Dhaka, Bangladesh
Slums in the capital of Bangladesh lack access to “safe water,” sanitation and waste management, UNICEF found in 2011. Spotty storm drainage adds filth. Air pollution driven by coarse particulate matter has grown severe enough to be blamed for premature deaths in the 14.5 million-person city, crisis resolution NGO IRIN says.
2. Kalimantan, Indonesia
Kalimantan is a group of five provinces on Indonesian Borneo rather than a city. A series of studies point to severe pollution affecting at least 225,000 people. Cropland fires on the western side create hazardously hazy air. Use of mercury among small-scale miners to extract gold has led to wide-reaching air pollution. Some of the 43,000 people who depend on gold mining also smelt at home, trapping toxic air indoors, according to this study by the NGO Pure Earth.
3. Mumbai, India
The Indian financial center of about 19 million people suffers from poor garbage disposal and sometimes undrinkable tap water. Air pollution caused by vehicular exhaust, construction dust and industrial emissions have contributed to the premature deaths of more than 80,000 adults over 30 years, the Times of India reports.
4. New Delhi, India
In the crowded Indian capital of about 17 million people, it’s easy to spot public urination and piles of garbage in the streets. Popular Science calls air pollution “off the charts,” probably due to vehicular exhaust, cropland burning and festive fireworks. It’s little wonder one of the parties fielding candidates in municipal elections this month proposes to sweep roads at night and introduce a “zero-waste management plan,” per this Times of India report.
5. Xingtai, China
This city about 400 kilometers from Beijing was named by the official China Daily newspaper online as the country’s most polluted because of high particulate matter in the air. Xingtai, a city of 7.1 million people, generates its pollution from coal production -- a bane to China's environment but an unshakable source of energy for economic growth. Other cities in surrounding Hebei province also rank on China’s own most-polluted list.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ralphj...sian-cities-remain-the-dirtiest/#71126e664853
