Hyderabadis rank city as most polluted place to live.
Hyderabad: A recent pollution index has put Hyderabad at 219th spot out of 296 cities in the world, making it one of the most polluted places to live in.
The rankings were put out by an online database website called Numbeo.
They also use inputs from WHO pollution indices.
According to the rankings, air quality and water pollution were the most negatively ranked aspects of pollution in the city, with over 70 per cent people saying these two aspects were highly polluted.
The survey noted that people were highly dissatisfied after spending time in the city.
This doesn’t come as a surprise as the average pollution levels of PM 2.5 were between 50-150 points, according to the Air Quality Index website.
The worst amongst Indian cities was Ghaziabad, right at the bottom, fetching 295th spot.
Amongst south Indian cities, the worst performance was that of Bengaluru at 229, followed by Chennai at 222 spot.
Experts on pollution say these rankings are poor because the city has gotten its planning wrong.