(CU)_Over the recent years, poor air quality has come to be recognised as a serious health risk and drag on economic development. Therefore, improved air quality was considered one of the most welcome consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced a decline in economic activities across the globe. Now, as many countries begin to recover from the effects of the global health crisis, experts have warned that there could be a noteworthy deterioration in air quality, as industries revive their activities at the fastest rate.
Moreover, while countries like India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are known to be home to some of the world’s most polluted cities, a new report published…