Lok Sabha Question No. 2764 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-03
Subject: Polluted Cities
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: ARKA KESHARI DEO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION N0. 2764

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2018

## Polluted Cities

## 2764. SHRI ARKAKESHARIDEO:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that 14 of the world's most polluted cities are located in India as the data released by World Health Organisation (WHO) recently;
- (b) if so, the name of these cities;
- (c) whether the Government has set a time-limit to make these 14 polluted cities of the country as a model cities of the world; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the road-map chalked out for the purpose?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a)  &  (b)  The  World  Health  Organization  (WHO)  released  the  WHO Global  Ambient  Air Quality  Database  (update  2018)  which  consists  of  mainly  annual  means  for  PM10  and/or PM2.5, covering more than 4000 human settlements in 108 countries for the years from 2008 to  2016.  14  cities  of  India  namely  Kanpur,  Faridabad,  Gaya,  Varanasi,  Patna,  Delhi, Lucknow, Agra, Gurgaon, Muzaffarpur, Srinagar, Jaipur, Patiala & Jodhpur are included in the list of 20 cities which have recorded high levels of PM2.5. These cities in WHO Report do not report pollution on all parameters.

(c) & (d)   Out of the 14 cities listed in the WHO database, 8 cities are in the list of 94 Nonattainment cities (2011-2015).  The Non-attainment cities have been identified primarily on the basis of PM10. Under National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program (NAMP), the parameters  monitored  are  mainly  PM10,  SO2  and  NO2.  Initially,  94  non-attainment  cities were identified for formulation of action plans. State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) have been  asked  to  prepare  city-specific  plans.  Action  plans  have  been  received  for  71  cities. Further, 08 more cities have been added recently to list of Non-attainment cities for framing city specific action plan( Annexure I) . Seven Regional (East, West, North-I, North-II, South, North-East, and Central) Workshops were organized to sensitize SPCBs and stakeholders to develop City Specific Action Plan for control of air pollution.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest  and  Climate  Change  (MoEF&CC)  has formulated  National  Clean  Air  Programme  (NCAP)  for  abatement  of  air  pollution  in  the country. The NCAP aspires to strengthen the ongoing government initiatives targeted towards prevention, control and mitigation of air pollution. It lays down a comprehensive framework for  management  of  air  quality  in  the  country  by  augmentation  of  existing  air  quality monitoring  network,  introduction  of  rural  monitoring  stations  and  devising  air  quality management  plans  for non-attainment cities based on detailed source apportionment (identification of pollution sources) studies for each city.

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## Annexure- I Non-Attainment cities with respect to Ambient Air Quality India

## (2011-2015) and WHO report 2014/2018

| Sl. No   | State            | Cities Sl. No   | Cities        |
|----------|------------------|-----------------|---------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 1.              | Guntur        |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 2.              | Kurnool       |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 3.              | Nellore       |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 4.              | Vijaywada     |
|          | Assam            | 6.              | Guwahati      |
|          | Assam            | 7.              | Nagaon        |
| 2        | Assam            | 8.              | Nalbari       |
|          | Assam            | 9.              | Sibsagar      |
|          | Assam            | 10.             | Silchar       |
| 3        | Chandigarh       | 11.             | Chandigarh    |
| 4        |                  | 12.             | Bhillai       |
| 4        | Chattisgarh      | 13. 14.         | Korba         |
|          |                  |                 | Raipur        |
| 5        | Delhi            | 15.             | Delhi         |
| 6        | Gujarat          | 16.             | Surat         |
|          |                  | 17.             | Ahmedabad     |
|          |                  | 18.             | Baddi         |
|          |                  | 19.             | Damtal        |
|          | Himachal Pradesh | 20.             | Kala Amb      |
| 7        |                  | 21.             | Nalagarh      |
|          |                  | 22.             | Paonta Sahib  |
|          |                  | 23.             | Parwanoo      |
|          |                  | 24.             | Sunder Nagar  |
|          |                  | 25.             | Jammu         |
| 8        | Jammu &Kashmir   | 26.             | Srinagar      |
| 9        | Jharkhand        | 27.             | Dhanbad       |
|          |                  | 28.             | Bangalore     |
|          |                  | 29.             | Devanagere    |
| 10       | Karnataka        | 30.             | Gulburga      |
|          |                  | 31.             | Hubli-Dharwad |
|          |                  | 32.             | Bhopal        |
|          |                  | 33.             | Dewas         |
|          |                  | 34.             | Indore        |
| 11       | Madhya Pradesh   | 35.             | Sagar         |
|          |                  | 36.             | Ujjain        |
|          |                  | 37.             | Gwalior       |

| Sl. No   | State       |   Cities Sl. No | Cities              |
|----------|-------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|          | Maharashtra |              38 | Akola               |
|          | Maharashtra |              39 | Amravati            |
|          | Maharashtra |              40 | Aurangabad          |
|          | Maharashtra |              41 | Badlapur            |
|          | Maharashtra |              42 | Chandrapur          |
|          | Maharashtra |              43 | Jalgaon             |
|          | Maharashtra |              44 | Jalna               |
|          | Maharashtra |              45 | Kolhapur            |
| 12       | Maharashtra |              46 | Latur               |
|          | Maharashtra |              47 | Mumbai              |
|          | Maharashtra |              48 | Nagpur              |
|          | Maharashtra |              49 | Nashik              |
|          | Maharashtra |              50 | Navi Mumbai         |
|          | Maharashtra |              51 | Pune                |
|          | Maharashtra |              52 | Sangli              |
|          | Maharashtra |              53 | Solapur             |
|          | Maharashtra |              54 | Ulhasnagar          |
| 13       | Meghalaya   |              55 | Byrnihat            |
| 14       | Nagaland    |              56 | Dimapur             |
| 14       | Nagaland    |              57 | Kohima              |
| 14       | Nagaland    |              58 | Angul               |
| 14       | Nagaland    |              59 | Balasore            |
| 14       | Nagaland    |              60 | Bhubneshwar         |
| 15       | Orissa      |              61 | Cuttack             |
| 14       | Nagaland    |              62 | Rourkela            |
| 14       | Nagaland    |              63 | Talcher             |
| 14       |             |              64 | DeraBassi           |
| 14       |             |              65 | Gobindgarh          |
| 14       |             |              66 | Jalandhar           |
| 14       |             |              67 | Khanna              |
| 16       | Punjab      |              68 | Ludhiana            |
| 14       |             |              69 | NayaNangal          |
| 14       |             |              70 | Pathankot/Dera Baba |
| 14       |             |              71 | Patiala             |
| 14       |             |              72 | Amritsar            |
| 17       | Rajasthan   |              73 | Alwar               |
| 17       | Rajasthan   |              74 | Jaipur              |
| 17       | Rajasthan   |              75 | Jodhpur             |
| 17       | Rajasthan   |              76 | Kota                |
| 17       | Rajasthan   |              77 | Udaipur             |

|   Sl. No | State         |   Cities Sl. No | Cities      |
|----------|---------------|-----------------|-------------|
|       18 | Tamilnadu     |              78 | Tuticorin   |
|       19 | Telangana     |              79 | Hydrabad    |
|       19 | Telangana     |              80 | Nalgonda    |
|       19 | Telangana     |              81 | Patencheru  |
|       20 | Uttar Pradesh |              82 | Agra        |
|       20 | Uttar Pradesh |              83 | Allahabad   |
|       20 | Uttar Pradesh |              84 | Anpara      |
|       20 | Uttar Pradesh |              85 | Bareily     |
|       20 | Uttar Pradesh |              86 | Firozabad   |
|       20 | Uttar Pradesh |              87 | Gajraula    |
|       20 | Uttar Pradesh |              88 | Ghaziabad   |
|       20 | Uttar Pradesh |              89 | Jhansi      |
|       20 | Uttar Pradesh |              90 | Kanpur      |
|       20 | Uttar Pradesh |              91 | Khurja      |
|       20 | Uttar Pradesh |              92 | Lucknow     |
|       20 | Uttar Pradesh |              93 | Muradabad   |
|       20 | Uttar Pradesh |              94 | Noida       |
|       20 | Uttar Pradesh |              95 | Raebareli   |
|       20 | Uttar Pradesh |              96 | Varanasi    |
|       21 | Uttarakhand   |              97 | Kashipur    |
|       21 | Uttarakhand   |              98 | Rishikesh   |
|       22 | West Bengal   |              99 | Kolkata     |
|       23 | Bihar         |             100 | Patna       |
|       23 | Bihar         |             101 | Gaya        |
|       23 | Bihar         |             102 | Muzaffarpur |