Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

The list of the most polluted city-dwellers in the world contains the capital of Mongolia - the city with the proud name of Ulan-Bator, which can be literally translated as 'the Red Reckon'. The population of the large city is more than 1.2 million people. The town is located in the wonderfully beautiful mountainous region, in the valley of the Tuul river. The active development of the industry has totally destroyed the ecology of the picturesque city in less than 50 years. At present, almost half of the country's industrial complexes are located in the city center.

There is a large company that produces the car trailers, several large meat combs and meat processing plants, as well as several rolling mills and four huge thermal power plants, which supply almost the entire country with energy. The abundance of road transport makes the ecological situation in the city even more difficult.

The air temperature in the capital of Mongolia is often above 40 degrees, and in winter it is -30 degrees. According to the assessments of the World Health Organization, the air pollution level has reached 279 points in 2013. The smog over the city is sometimes so violent that the local airport can not receive the planes. Surprisingly, damage to urban ecology is attributable not only to the farms and the heating plant, but also to the local nomads who live in yurts. In winter, they heat their humble houses with firewood and coal. The emission of smoke into the atmosphere in densely populated yurt areas is simply colossal. Next - Ludhiana