Lok Sabha Question No. 3639 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-16
Subject: National Clean Air Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL, SAUGATA ROY

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

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION N0. 3639

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2018

## National Clean Air Programme

## 3639. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

DR. P. VENUGOPAL:

PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has launched National Clean Air Programme to tackle the increasing pollution problem across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of cities selected for inclusion in the said programme, State/UT-wise including Bihar;
- (c) whether the Government has taken up the issues relating to said programme with State Governments and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the details of funds likely to be spent by the Government for the implementation of the said programme?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) The government has formulated National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) as a long term  time  bound  national  level  strategy  to  tackle  the  increasing  air  pollution  problem across  the  country  in  comprehensive  manner.  The  overall  objective  is  comprehensive management for prevention, control and abatement of air pollution besides augmenting and  evolving  effective  ambient  air  quality  monitoring  network  across  the  country. Hundred (100)  non-attainment  cities  have  been  selected  for  implementation  of  NCAP. These  non-  attainment  cities  have  been  identified  by  Central  Pollution  Control  Board (CPCB) on the basis of ambient air quality data obtained (2011-2015) under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) and in which the prescribed National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) are violated continuously for five years. State-wise list is given at Annexure-I.
- (c) To sensitize  stakeholders  such  as  local  urban  bodies,  transport  departments,  industries, pollution control boards, etc. and facilitate preparation of action plans with reference to

NCAP,  seven  regional  workshops  at  Bhubaneshwar,  Bhopal,  Chandigarh,  Guwahati, Mumbai, Visakhapatnam and Lucknow have been organized. SPCBs in consultation with CPCB have developed a few city specific action plans with a clear road map of actions and responsible agencies. CPCB covered 91 non-attainment cities during the workshop in these seven cities and has received 51 action plans.

- (d) The tentative cumulative expenditure with respect to various activities identified under this programme is expected to be around Rs 637 Crore.

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## Annexure-I

## Non-Attainment cities with respect to Ambient Air Quality India (2011-2015)

| State Sl.   | State            | Cities Sl. No   | Cities               | Status            | Major Sources of Pollution                                                      |
|-------------|------------------|-----------------|----------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| No 1        |                  | 1               | Guntur               | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
| No 1        |                  | 2               | Kurnool              | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
| No 1        | Andhra Pradesh   | 3               | Nellore              | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
| No 1        |                  | 4               | Vijaywada            | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 5               | Vishakhapatnam       | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 6               | Guwahati             | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 7               | Nagaon               | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
| 2           | Assam            | 8               | Nalbari              | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 9               | Sibsagar             | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 10              | Silchar              | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
| 3           | Chandigarh       | 11              | Chandigarh           | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
| 4           | Chattisgarh      | 12              | Bhillai              | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 13              | Korba                | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
| 5           | Delhi            | 14              | Delhi                | PM 10 ,NO 2       |                                                                                 |
| 6           | Gujarat          | 15              | Surat                | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
| 7           |                  | 16              | Baddi                | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
| 7           |                  | 17              | Damtal               | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
| 7           |                  | 18              | Kala Amb             | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
| 7           | Himachal Pradesh | 19              | Nalagarh             | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
| 7           |                  | 20              | Paonta Sahib         | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
| 7           |                  | 21              | Parwanoo             | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
| 7           |                  | 22              | Sunder Nagar         | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
| 8           | Jammu &Kashmir   | 23              | Jammu                | PM 10             | Vehicular Emissions Road Dust/Re-suspension of dust and other fugitive emission |
| 9           | Jharkhand        | 24              | Dhanbad              | PM 10             | Vehicular Emissions Road Dust/Re-suspension of dust and other fugitive emission |
|             |                  | 25              | Bangalore            | PM 10             | from Bio-Mass Burning                                                           |
|             |                  | 26              | Devanagere           | PM 10             | Pollution                                                                       |
| 10          | Karnataka        | 27              | Gulburga             | PM 10             | from Construction and Demolition                                                |
| 11          | Madhya Pradesh   | 28 29           | Hubli-Dharwad Bhopal | PM 10 PM 10       | vi) DG sets vii) LPG instead of coal in restaurants/ dhabas/ road side eateries |
| 11          | Madhya Pradesh   | 30              | Dewas                | PM 10             | vi) DG sets vii) LPG instead of coal in restaurants/ dhabas/ road side eateries |
| 11          | Madhya Pradesh   | 31              | Indore               | PM 10             | vi) DG sets vii) LPG instead of coal in restaurants/ dhabas/ road side eateries |
| 11          | Madhya Pradesh   | 32              | Sagar                | PM 10             | vi) DG sets vii) LPG instead of coal in restaurants/ dhabas/ road side eateries |
| 11          | Madhya Pradesh   | 33              | Ujjain               | PM                | vi) DG sets vii) LPG instead of coal in restaurants/ dhabas/ road side eateries |
| 12          |                  |                 |                      | 10                |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 34              | Akola                | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 35              | Amravati             | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 36              | Aurangabad           | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 37              | Badlapur             | PM 10 ,NO 2       |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 38              | Chandrapur           | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 39              | Jalgaon              | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 41              | Kolhapur             | 10 PM 10          |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 42              | Latur                | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             | Maharashtra      | 43              | Mumbai               | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             | Maharashtra      | 44              | Nagpur               | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 45              | Nashik               | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 46              | Navi Mumbai          | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 47              | Pune                 | PM 10 ,NO 2       |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 48              | Sangli               | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
|             |                  | 49              | Solapur              | PM 10             |                                                                                 |
| 13          | Meghalaya        | 50 51           | Ulhasnagar           | PM 10 ,NO 2 PM 10 |                                                                                 |
| 14          |                  |                 | Byrnihat             |                   |                                                                                 |
|             | Nagaland         | 52              | Dimapur              | PM 10             |                                                                                 |

| State Sl. No   | State         | Cities Sl. No   | Cities              | Status          | Major Sources of Pollution                             |
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|                |               | 53              | Kohima              | PM 10 PM 10     |                                                        |
|                |               | 54              | Angul               |                 |                                                        |
|                |               | 55              | Balasore            | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 56              | Bhubneshwar         | PM 10           |                                                        |
| 15             | Orissa        | 57              | Cuttack             | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 58              | Rourkela            | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 59              | Talcher             | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 60              | DeraBassi           | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 61              | Gobindgarh          | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 62              | Jalandhar           | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 63              | Khanna              | PM 10           |                                                        |
| 16             | Punjab        | 64              | Ludhiana            | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 65              | NayaNangal          | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 66              | Pathankot/Dera Baba | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 67              | Patiala             | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 68              | Alwar               | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 69              | Jaipur              | PM 10           |                                                        |
| 17             | Rajasthan     | 70              | Jodhpur             | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 71              | Kota                | PM 10           | Emissions                                              |
|                |               | 72              | Udaipur             | PM 10           | Dust/Re-suspension of dust and other fugitive emission |
| 18             | Tamilnadu     | 73              | Tuticorin           | PM 10           | from Bio-Mass Burning                                  |
|                |               | 74              | Hydrabad            | PM 10           |                                                        |
| 19             | Telangana     | 75              | Nalgonda            | PM 10           | Pollution                                              |
|                |               | 76              | Patencheru          | PM 10           | from Construction and Demolition Activities            |
|                |               | 77              | Agra                | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 78              | Allahabad           | PM 10           | coal in restaurants/ dhabas/ road side                 |
|                |               | 79              | Anpara              | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 80              | Bareily             | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 81              | Firozabad           | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 82              | Gajraula            | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 83              | Ghaziabad           | PM 10           |                                                        |
| 20             | Uttar Pradesh | 84              | Jhansi              | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 85              | Kanpur              | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 86              | Khurja              | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 87              | Lucknow             | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 88              | Muradabad           | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 89              | Noida               | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 90              | Raebareli           | PM 10           |                                                        |
|                |               | 91              | Varanasi            | PM 10           |                                                        |
| 21             | Uttarakhand   | 92              | Kashipur            | PM 10           |                                                        |
| 22             | West Bengal   | 93 94           | Rishikesh Kolkata   | PM 10 PM 10 ,NO |                                                        |

Note: Based on the data generated during 2011 - 2015 under National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Network (NAMP), 94 cities & towns  are  identified  as  non-attainment.  All  94  cities  are  exceeding  the  PM10  standard,  while  05  cities  are  exceeding  the  NO2 standard continuously for five years (2011-2015).