'B'lore among densest cities'

'B'lore among densest cities'
New York, Agencies:
Mumbai and Delhi are among the 25 dirtiest cities in the world while the four Indian metros and Bangalore are among the 20 densest cities, according to the Forbes magazine.


The US business magazine also lists Sukinda in Orissa and Vapi in Gujarat among the 10 most polluted places globally. While listing Mumbai as the seventh dirtiest, the magazine also cites a recent private sector proposal, Vision Mumbai, which seeks $1 billion government aid for infrastructure, pollution control and economic growth strategy.

In the list of densely populated cities, Chennai is at eighth place, Delhi at 13 and Bangalore at number 19.

In a Forbes list of the 20 densest urban areas in the world, Mumbai and Kolkata occupied the top two slots, packing in over 23,000 people per square kilometre.

In the dirtiest list, Karachi is at number three. Delhi, at 24th in position, fares little better but gets drubbing for the pollution in Yamuna river.

In Bangladesh, Dhaka, with lead-poisoned air and water pollution from pesticide use, gets the dubious distinction of being the second dirtiest city in the world.

The top slot as the dirtiest city in the world is taken by Baku in Azerbaijan, suffering life-threatening levels of air pollution emitted from oil drilling. The list, now on the magazine’s website, is based on Mercer Human Resource Consulting’s ranking of over 200 cities on levels of air pollution, waste management, water portability, hospital services, medical supplies and the presence of infectious diseases.

New York was used as the norm.