Lok Sabha Question No. 1658 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-27
Subject: Water and Air Pollution
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL

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

## LOKSABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1658

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2018

## Water and Air Pollution

## 1658. SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL:

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

- (a) the names of the five major cities which have recorded the highest level of water and air  pollution  in  the  country  during  last  three  years  and  the  changes  and  additions noticed at present in those cities;
- (b) the  comparative  details  regarding  the  pollution  in  five  major  rivers  along  with  the places  where  highest  level  of  water  pollution  has  been  recorded  during  the  said period; and
- (c) the results of the measures taken to control pollution at these places during the last three years?

## ANSWER

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

(a) &  (b)  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  is  monitoring  the  ambient  air  quality  under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme. Five cities with highest concentration of NO2, PM10 and PM 2.5 during 2014-2016 are at Annexure-I.

Water quality monitored under National Water Quality Monitoring Programme,is not city centric. As per the latest assessment, Central Pollution Control Board has identified 317 polluted river stretches in 293 rivers, which is at Annexure-II. The cities identified along the five most polluted rivers stretches in 2017 are Greater Mumbai along river Mithi, Ghaziabad along river Hindon, Ludhiana along river Satluj, Delhi along river Yamuna and Indore along river Khan.

- (c) The result of measures taken for abatement of air and water pollution is reduction in their levels as against business as is usual scenario.

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## Annexure-I referred in reply to the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1658 due for answer on 27.7.2018 regarding 'Water and Air Pollution'

Cities exceeding National Ambient Air Quality Standards with respect to NO2, PM10 and PM 2.5(annual average in descending order) during 2014 to 2016

| Parameter   |   Year | Name of Cities                                                    |
|-------------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| NO 2        |   2014 | Dombivali/Ambernath, Kolkata, Delhi, Thane, Badlapur              |
| NO 2        |   2015 | Faridabad, Delhi,Pune,Barrackpore, Thane                          |
| NO 2        |   2016 | Pune, Dombivali/Ambernath, Badlapur, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Ulhasnagar |
| PM 10       |   2014 | Allahabad,Ghaziabad,Alwar,Bareilly, Delhi                         |
| PM 10       |   2015 | Ghaziabad, Allahabad, Bareilly, Delhi, Ranchi                     |
| PM 10       |   2016 | Jharia,Delhi,Bhiwadi,Varanasi,Bareilly                            |
| PM 2.5      |   2014 | Delhi, Bhopal, Cuttack, Sangareddy                                |
| PM 2.5      |   2015 | Bhopal, Delhi, Talcher, Gwalior, Barrackpore,                     |
| PM 2.5      |   2016 | Delhi, Asansol, Durgapur, Kolkata, Haora                          |

## Annexure-II  referred  in  reply  to  the  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No.  1658 due for answer on 27.7.2018 regarding 'Water and Air Pollution'

State wise number of polluted river stretches and cities/towns

| State Name                     |   Number of Polluted River Stretches |   Cities/Towns along Polluted River Stretches |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh                 |                                    5 |                                            10 |
| Assam                          |                                   31 |                                            50 |
| Bihar                          |                                   15 |                                            22 |
| Chhattisgarh                   |                                    3 |                                            11 |
| Daman, Diu, Dadra Nagar Haveli |                                    1 |                                             2 |
| Delhi                          |                                    1 |                                             1 |
| Goa                            |                                   15 |                                            21 |
| Gujarat                        |                                   14 |                                            27 |
| Haryana                        |                                    2 |                                             7 |
| Himachal Pradesh               |                                    6 |                                            10 |
| Jammu & Kashmir                |                                    7 |                                            16 |
| Jharkhand                      |                                    6 |                                            10 |
| Karnataka                      |                                   16 |                                            23 |
| Kerala                         |                                   23 |                                            34 |
| Madhya Pradesh                 |                                   20 |                                            41 |
| Maharashtra                    |                                   56 |                                           170 |
| Manipur                        |                                    3 |                                             4 |
| Meghalaya                      |                                    7 |                                             7 |
| Nagaland                       |                                    3 |                                             4 |
| Odisha                         |                                   18 |                                            31 |
| Puducherry                     |                                    1 |                                             1 |
| Punjab                         |                                    2 |                                             5 |
| Rajasthan                      |                                    1 |                                             5 |
| Sikkim                         |                                    3 |                                             9 |
| Tamil Nadu                     |                                    8 |                                            24 |
| Telangana                      |                                    9 |                                            19 |
| Tripura                        |                                    2 |                                             4 |
| Uttar Pradesh                  |                                   13 |                                            36 |
| Uttarakhand                    |                                    9 |                                            11 |
| West Bengal                    |                                   17 |                                            44 |
| Total                          |                                  317 |                                           659 |