Lok Sabha Question No. 2056 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-14
Subject: Survey of Polluted Cities
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL, CHINTAMAN NAVSHA WANAGA, DINESH TRIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2056 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2017

## Survey of Polluted Cities

2056.   SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL: ADV. CHINTAMAN NAVASHA WANAGA: SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI:

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

- (a)   whether the Government has conducted any survey of cities across the country regarding increasing level of air pollution;
- (b)  if so, the details and the outcome thereof, State-wise including Maharashtra;
- (c) whether  the  Environment  Pollution  Control  and  Prevention  Authority  has  any  graded action plan for the said cities and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the measures/steps taken by the Government to address the high level of air pollution in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a)  &  (b)  The  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  monitors  the  ambient  air  quality  at  680 monitoring stations located in 300 cities / towns covering 29 states and  6 union territories across the country under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). State-wise ambient air quality data including Maharashtra during 2015 is given at Annexure . Ambient Air Quality data with respect to pollutant parameter SO2 reveals that all monitoring stations are  within  the  National  Ambient  Air  Quality  Standard  (NAAQS)  of  50  µg/m 3 (annual standard for SO2) during 2015. The concentration of NO2, are exceeding the annual standard of 40 µg/m 3 only in Delhi and West Bengal. With respect to particulate matter (PM10), five states  viz.  Goa,  Kerala,  Meghalaya,  Puducherry  and  Mizoram  are  within  NAAQS  of  60 µg/m 3 (annual  standard)  during  2015  while  at  all  other  locations  the  values  exceed  the prescribed norm.
- (c) The Government has notified a Graded Response Action Plan for Delhi and NCR, which comprises  of  measures  to  be  taken  for  different  levels  of  pollution  viz.  Severe  +  or Emergency, severe, Very poor, Moderate to poor and Moderate.
- (d) The various measures taken by the Government to check air pollution in the country; inter  alia, include  notification  of  National  Ambient  Air  Quality  Standards;  formulation  of environmental  regulations  /  statutes;  setting  up  of  monitoring  network  for  assessment  of ambient  air  quality;  introduction  of  cleaner  /  alternate  fuels  like  gaseous  fuel  (CNG,  LPG

etc.), ethanol blending; promotion of cleaner production processes; launching of National Air Quality index; universalization of BS-IV by 2017; leapfrogging from BS-IV to BS-VI fuel standards  by  1st  April,  2020;  comprehensive  amendments  to  various  Waste  Management Rules and notification of Construction and Demolition Waste Management Rules; banning of burning of leaves, biomass, municipal solid waste; promotion of public transport and network of  metro,  e-rickshaws,  promotion  of  car  pooling,  Pollution  Under  Control  Certificate,  lane discipline,  vehicle  maintenance;  regular  co-ordination  meetings  at  official  and  ministerial level with Delhi and other State Governments within the NCR; issuance of directions under Section 18(1)(b) of Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and under Section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986; installation of on-line continuous (24x7) monitoring devices  by  major  industries;  collection  of  Environmental  Protection  Charge  on  more  than 2000 CC diesel vehicles; and ban on bursting of sound emitting crackers between 10 PM to 6 AM  etc.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARA (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2056 DUE FOR REPLY ON 14.03.2017 REGARDING  SURVEY  OF  POLLUTED  CITIES  BY  SHRIMATI  JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:  ADV.  CHINTAMAN  NAVASHA  WANAGA:  SHRI  DINESH  TRIVEDI, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

## State-wise status of ambient air quality during 2015

(residential / industrial / rural/other and sensitive areas)

|   S. No. | State                |   SO 2 Annual average (µg/m3) | NO 2 Annual average (µg/m3)   |   PM 10 Annual average (µg/m3) |
|----------|----------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|        1 | Arunachal Pradesh    |                             4 | 5                             |                             80 |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh       |                             7 | 21                            |                             73 |
|        3 | Assam                |                             7 | 14                            |                             93 |
|        4 | Chandigarh           |                             2 | 25                            |                             85 |
|        5 | Chhattisgarh         |                            10 | 25                            |                            124 |
|        6 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli |                            16 | 27                            |                             89 |
|        7 | Daman & Diu          |                            14 | 25                            |                             83 |
|        8 | Delhi                |                             5 | 65                            |                            220 |
|        9 | Goa                  |                             4 | 9                             |                             56 |
|       10 | Gujarat              |                            14 | 20                            |                             88 |
|       11 | Haryana              |                            15 | IA                            |                            105 |
|       12 | Himachal Pradesh     |                             2 | 13                            |                             82 |
|       13 | Jammu & Kashmir      |                             4 | 17                            |                            125 |
|       14 | Jharkhand            |                            21 | 38                            |                            155 |
|       15 | Karnataka            |                             6 | 16                            |                             86 |
|       16 | Kerala               |                             4 | 14                            |                             46 |
|       17 | Madhya Pradesh       |                            11 | 20                            |                            102 |
|       18 | Maharashtra          |                            16 | 34                            |                            105 |
|       19 | Meghalaya            |                             5 | 10                            |                             57 |
|       20 | Mizoram              |                             2 | 6                             |                             40 |
|       21 | Nagaland             |                             2 | 6                             |                            108 |
|       22 | Orissa               |                             5 | 17                            |                             90 |
|       23 | Punjab               |                             9 | 23                            |                            123 |
|       24 | Puducherry           |                             9 | 11                            |                             35 |
|       25 | Rajasthan            |                             7 | 30                            |                            159 |
|       26 | Tamilnadu            |                            11 | 21                            |                             65 |
|       27 | Telangana            |                             5 | 20                            |                             81 |
|       28 | Uttar Pradesh        |                            11 | 29                            |                            182 |
|       29 | Uttarakhand          |                            26 | 29                            |                            147 |
|       30 | West Bengal          |                             7 | 51                            |                            104 |

Note: ' IA-inadequate data. National Ambient Air Quality Standard of 50 µg/m 3  for SO2, 40 µg/m 3  for NO2 and 60 µg/m 3  for PM10 for residential/ industrial/ rural and other area.