New Delhi, Nov 22 (TIWN) The Centre on Friday asserted in Lok Sabha that it would resolve air pollution issued in less time compared to Beijing, which took 15 years in solving the problem.

Beijing has long been notorious for its smog - but statistics show that India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have worse air by far.  So why is South Asia so much more polluted?  Asia's most polluted cities Of the world's most polluted 30 cities, 22 are in India, according to research by IQ AirVisual, a Swiss-based group that gathers air-quality data globally, and Greenpeace.  The remaining eight cities are all in Pakistan, Bangladesh and China - but the list doesn't include Beijing, which comes in at number 122.