Sri Lanka’s air quality reaches unhealthy level

 

The National Building Research Organization (NBRO) has warned that the quality of air in parts of the island has dropped further to an unhealthy level.

The foggy or misty conditions observed these days in several parts across the island are a result of air quality dropping to very unhealthy levels due to the increase in dust particles in the atmosphere, according to the NBRO.

The NBRO says that an influx of dust particles contaminating Sri Lanka’s air space through strong winds from India is a major cause for this issue.According to the US Air Quality Index (AQI), the air quality was at 249 in Colombo on Thursday (Dec.08).