Meghalaya’s Byrnihat, an industrial town on the border with Assam, was the most polluted ‘city’ in India during February, data released by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) said on Friday.
The study, based on the monthly average of (particulate matter) PM2.5, has put the spotlight on hazardous air pollution levels in urban centres across the States in the northeast, otherwise considered the greenest part of the country.
According to the CREA report, Byrnihat recorded a monthly average PM2.5 concentration of 183 µg/m3, which was around 60 µg/m3 higher than in Bihar’s Araria, the second-most polluted city in the country.
