The city of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh held the title for the world’s most polluted city in the latest edition of Guinness World Records.
A report by World Health Organization (WHO) analyzed that the most polluted city in the world is Kanpur in northern India, with an average PM2.5 level of 173 micrograms/m3 for the year 2016.
This PM2.5 level is more than 17 times higher than WHO recommended maximum of 10 micrograms/m3.
The book, ‘Guinness World Records 2020’, lists thousands of new record titles.
It is released annually by publisher Penguin Random House.