Lok Sabha Question No. 973 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-18
Subject: Most Polluted Cities
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Prataprao  Jadhav

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 973

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.09.2020

## Most Polluted Cities

## 973. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

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

- (a) the details of the most polluted cities across the country, State-wise;
- (b) the current levels of pollution in each of these cities, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted/proposes to conduct any study in this regard;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to check increasing levels of pollution in various cities during the last three years and till date?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a) & (b)

Based on the air  quality  data  for  the  period  from  2014  to  2018,  122  non-attainment  cities have  been  identified.  State-wise  list  along  with  air  quality  data  of  these  cities  is  given  at Annexure-I .

(c) to (e)

Ambient air quality is monitored at 793 locations covering 344 cities in 28 States & 7 Union Territories  (UTs)  across  the  country  under  National  Air  Quality  Monitoring  Programme (NAMP).  Under  NAMP,  PM2.5  is  monitored  at  274  locations  covering  132  cities.BS-VI standards  for  both  fuel  as  well  as  vehicles.  Important  measures  taken  by  government includes:

-  Stringent emission norms for Coal based Thermal Power Plants(TPPs).
-  Pet coke and furnace oil banned as fuel in Delhi and NCR States. Import of pet coke to be done by industries using it as a feedstock/in process across the country.
-  Revision of emission standards for industrial sectors from time to time. SOx and NOx standards for boilers have been introduced.
-  In order to prevent stubble burning, a new Central Sector Scheme on 'Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue in the States of Punjab,  Haryana,  Uttar  Pradesh  and  NCT  of  Delhi'  is  implemented  by  Ministry  of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare with the total outgo from the Central funds of Rs.

1178.47 crore. A reduction of about 18.8% and 31% in active fire incidents in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh has been recorded in 2019 over the figures for 2018 and 2017, respectively.

-  Notifications  of  6  waste  management  rules  covering  solid  waste,  plastic  waste,  ewaste, bio-medical waste, C&D waste and hazardous wastes issued in 2016.
-  Ban on burning of biomass/garbage.
-  SoPs  and  notification  regarding  dust  mitigation  measures  for  construction  and demolition activities have been issued.
-  National  Air  Quality  Index  introduced  based  on  National  Ambient  Air  Quality Standards for creating awareness.
-  Implementation of Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi in October, 2018 in association  with  Ministry  of  Earth  Sciences  (MoES).  The  system  provides  timely alerts to implementing agencies for facilitating proactive actions.
-  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  has  launched  National  Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in January 2019 to tackle the problem of air pollution in a comprehensive  manner  with  targets  to  achieve  20  to  30  %  reduction  in  particulate matter concentrations by 2024 keeping 2017 as base year.  The plan includes 122 nonattainment cities, across 23 States and Union Territories, on the basis of their ambient air quality data.

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List of 122 Non-Attainment cities

| State            | S. No.   | City                   | PM10 Annual average (µg/m3)   | PM10 Annual average (µg/m3)   | PM10 Annual average (µg/m3)   | PM10 Annual average (µg/m3)   | PM10 Annual average (µg/m3)   |
|------------------|----------|------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|                  |          |                        | 2014                          | 2015                          | 2016                          | 2017                          | 2018                          |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 1.       | Anantapur              | 76                            | 88                            | 85                            | 78                            | 71                            |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 2.       | Chitoor                | 65                            | 67                            | 62                            | 69                            | 62                            |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 4.       | Guntur                 | 79                            | 100                           | 88                            | 69                            | 60                            |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 5.       | Kadapa                 | 78                            | 70                            | 68                            | 74                            | 61                            |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 6.       | Kurnool                | 77                            | 82                            | 69                            | 82                            | 66                            |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 7.       | Nellore                | 63                            | 66                            | 66                            | 65                            | 63                            |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 8.       | Ongole                 | 63                            | 67                            | 65                            | 65                            | 66                            |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 9.       | Rajahmundry            | 64                            | 62                            | 64                            | 65                            | 94                            |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 10.      | Srikakulam             | 69                            | 73                            | 71                            | 70                            | 71                            |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 11.      | Vijaywada              | 100                           | 109                           | 102                           | 99                            | 77                            |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 12.      | Vishakhapatnam         | 64                            | 61                            | 77                            | 73                            | 77                            |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 13.      | Vizianagaram           | 69                            | 74                            | 85                            | 72                            | 65                            |
| Assam            | 14.      | Guwahati               | 88                            | 97                            | 105                           | 106                           | 112                           |
| Assam            | 15.      | Nagaon                 | 100                           | 137                           | 111                           | 75                            | 96                            |
| Assam            | 16.      | Nalbari                | 76                            | 120                           | 108                           | 95                            | 97                            |
| Assam            | 17.      | Sibsagar               | 90                            | 70                            | 75                            | 81                            | 72                            |
| Assam            | 18.      | Silcher                | 80                            | 72                            | 58                            | 49                            | 49                            |
| Bihar            | 19.      | Gaya                   | -                             | -                             | -                             | 77                            | 89                            |
| Bihar            | 20.      | Muzzaffarpur           | -                             | -                             | -                             | 167                           | 139                           |
| Bihar            | 21.      | Patna                  | 183                           | 201                           | 212                           | 156                           | 207                           |
| Chandigarh       | 22.      | Chandigarh             | 91                            | 85                            | 105                           | 109                           | 102                           |
| Chhattisgarh     | 23. 24.  | DurgBhillainagar Korba | 108 72                        | 109 66                        | 108 58                        | 97 58                         | 80 59                         |
| Chhattisgarh     | 25.      | Raipur                 | 329                           | 188                           | 148                           | 103                           | 65                            |
| Delhi            | 26.      | Delhi                  | 217                           | 220                           | 278                           | 241                           | 223                           |
|                  | 27.      | Ahmedabad              | 84                            | 89                            | 108                           | 120                           | 236                           |
| Gujarat          | 28.      | Surat                  | 89                            | 89                            | 92                            | 106                           | 176                           |
| Gujarat          | 29.      | Vadodara               | 87                            | 87                            | 92                            | 108                           | 188                           |
| Himachal Pradesh | 30.      | Baddi                  | 109                           | 101                           | 90                            | 173                           | 164                           |
| Himachal Pradesh | 31.      | Damtal                 | 97                            | 105                           | 84                            | 62                            | 62                            |
| Himachal Pradesh | 32.      | Kala Amb               | 138                           | 118                           | 128                           | 119                           | 104                           |
| Himachal Pradesh | 33.      | Nalagarh               | 109                           | 89                            | 108                           | 147                           | 148                           |
| Himachal Pradesh | 34.      | Paonta Sahib           | 128                           | 117                           | 101                           | 84                            | 88                            |
| Himachal Pradesh | 35.      | Parwanoo               | 66                            | 61                            | 69                            | 65                            | 63                            |
| Jammu& Kashmir   | 36.      | Sunder Nagar           | 87 123                        | 83 125                        | 92 131                        | 73 149                        | 84 165                        |
| Jharkhand        | 37. 38.  | Jammu Srinagar         | -                             | -                             | -                             | -                             | 153                           |
|                  | 39.      | Dhanbad                | 166                           | 168                           | 226                           | 238                           | 264                           |
| Karnataka        | 40. 41.  | Bangalore Devangere    | 139 85                        | 119 109                       | 103 94                        | 92 87                         | 90 44                         |
|                  | 42.      | Gulburga               | 77                            | 95                            | 60                            | 54                            | 55                            |
|                  | 43.      | Hubli-Dharwad          | 90                            | 75                            | 84                            | 79                            | 75                            |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 44.      | Bhopal                 | 160                           | 85                            | 89                            | 93                            | 134                           |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 45.      | Dewas                  | 93                            | 125                           | 89                            | 75                            | 68                            |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 46.      | Gwalior                | 144                           |                               | 96 95                         | 110                           | 134                           |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 47.      | Indore                 | 143                           | 97                            |                               | 80                            | 88                            |
| Maharashtra      | 48.      | Sagar                  | 161                           | 103                           | 79                            | 69                            | 75                            |
| Maharashtra      | 49.      | Ujjain                 | 97                            | 93                            | 90                            | 75                            | 83                            |
|                  | 50.      | Akola                  | 135                           | 128                           | 126                           | 127                           | 73                            |
|                  | 51.      | Amravati               | 107                           | 108                           | 100                           | 106                           | 104                           |
|                  | 52.      | Aurangabad             | 85                            | 83                            | 92                            | 83                            | 70                            |
|                  | 53.      | Badlapur               | 122                           | 105                           | 125                           | 159                           | 144 149                       |
|                  | 54.      | Chandrapur             | 129                           | 102                           | 111                           | 146                           |                               |

## Annexure I

| State         | S. No.    | City                      | PM10 Annual average (µg/m3)   | PM10 Annual average (µg/m3)   | PM10 Annual average (µg/m3)   | PM10 Annual average (µg/m3)   | PM10 Annual average (µg/m3)   |
|---------------|-----------|---------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| State         | S. No.    | City                      | 2014                          | 2015                          | 2016                          | 2017                          | 2018                          |
|               | 56.       | Jalna                     | 137                           | 118                           | 109                           | 101                           | 103                           |
|               | 57.       | Kolhapur                  | 100                           | 97                            | 96                            | 90                            | 90                            |
|               | 58.       | Latur                     | 90                            | 78                            | 81                            | 81                            | 95                            |
|               | 59.       | Mumbai                    | 96                            | 106                           | 119                           | 151                           | 167                           |
|               | 60.       | Nagpur                    | 103                           | 90                            | 118                           | 102                           | 102                           |
|               | 61.       | Nashik                    | 72                            | 78                            | 85                            | 81                            | 85                            |
|               | 62.       | Navi Mumbai               | 151                           | 125                           | 118                           | 105                           | 71                            |
|               | 63.       | Pune                      | 92                            | 99                            | 107                           | 102                           | 106                           |
|               | 64.       | Sangli                    | 100                           | 77                            | 83                            | 76                            | 84                            |
|               | 65.       | Solapur                   | 76                            | 74                            | 74                            | 64                            | 71                            |
|               | 66.       | Thane                     | 109                           | 117                           | 122                           | 125                           | 108                           |
|               | 67.       | Ulhasnagar                | 107                           | 107                           | 118                           | 149                           | 122                           |
| Meghalaya     | 68.       | Byrnihat                  | 136                           | 122                           | 175                           | 174                           | 166                           |
| Nagaland      | 69.       | Dimapur                   | 129                           | 122                           | 121                           | 138                           | 134                           |
|               | 70.       | Kohima                    | 91                            | 93                            | 90                            | 114                           | 104                           |
| Odisha        | 71.       | Angul                     | 116                           | 102                           | 97                            | 94                            | 101                           |
|               | 72.       | Balasore                  | 87                            | 82                            | 85                            | 83                            | 86                            |
|               | 73.       | Bhubneshwar               | 90                            | 81                            | 105                           | 91                            | 99                            |
|               | 74.       | Cuttack                   | 92                            | 81                            | 81                            | 86                            | 114                           |
|               |           | Kalinga Nagar             | 94                            | 100                           | 113                           | 126                           | 118                           |
|               | 75. 76.   |                           | 83                            | 100                           | 75                            |                               | 108                           |
|               |           | Rourkela                  |                               |                               | 105                           | 117 96                        | 110                           |
| Punjab        | 77. 78.   | Talcher Amritsar          | 124 145                       | 135 148                       | 194                           | 168                           | 177                           |
|               | 79. 80.   | Dera Baba Nanak DeraBassi | 68 113                        | 77 96                         | 89 98                         | 90 93                         | 89 95                         |
|               | 81.       |                           | 135                           | 130                           |                               | 136                           |                               |
| Punjab        |           | Gobindgarh                |                               |                               | 124                           |                               | 121                           |
|               | 82. 83.   | Jalandhar Khanna          | 144 160                       | 151 122                       | 186 114                       | 223 139                       | 153 135                       |
|               | 84.       | Ludhiana                  | 146                           | 139                           | 139                           | 162                           | 168                           |
|               |           |                           |                               |                               | 91                            | 90                            | 91                            |
|               | 85.       | NayaNangal                | 85                            | 83                            |                               |                               |                               |
|               | 86.       | Patiala                   | 104                           | 110                           | 106 144                       | 101                           | 98                            |
|               | 87. 88.   | Alwar Jaipur              | 240 150                       | 180 171                       | 199                           | 134 177                       | 182 159                       |
| Rajasthan     | 89.       | Jodhpur Kota              | 190 127                       | 152                           | 168 109                       | 180 130                       | 219                           |
|               | 90. 91.   | Udaipur                   | 112                           | 134 156                       | 138                           | 126                           | 152                           |
|               |           |                           |                               |                               |                               |                               | 147 110                       |
| Tamilnadu     | 92.       | Trichy                    | 84                            | 85 91                         | 95 175                        | 86 132                        | 101                           |
|               | 93.       | Tuticorin                 | 83 95                         | 93                            | 101                           | 108                           | 105                           |
| Telangana     | 94. 95.   | Hyderabad Nalgonda        | 93                            | 76                            |                               | 60                            | 60                            |
|               | 96.       | Patencheru                | 95                            | 85                            | 61 78                         | 78                            | 80                            |
|               | 97.       | Sangareddy                | 96                            | 70                            | 70                            | 79                            | 81                            |
|               |           |                           | 178                           | 186                           | 198                           | 185                           | 208                           |
|               | 98. 99.   | Agra Allahabad            | 250                           | 251                           | 196                           | 140                           | 231                           |
|               | 100.      | Anpara                    | 131                           | 136                           | 132                           | 153                           | 188                           |
|               |           |                           | 239                           | 240                           | 253                           | 195                           | 228                           |
|               | 101. 102. | Bareily Firozabad         | 146                           | 194                           | 223                           | 221                           | 226                           |
|               | 103.      | Gajraula                  | 179                           | 177                           | 193                           | 206                           | 224                           |
| Uttar Pradesh | 104.      | Ghaziabad                 | 242                           | 260                           | 235                           | 280                           | 244                           |
|               | 105.      | Jhansi                    | 106                           | 119                           | 116                           | 113                           | 96                            |
|               | 106.      | Kanpur                    | 199                           | 196                           | 217                           | 224                           | 217                           |
|               |           | Khurja                    | 158                           | 167                           | 216                           | 208                           | 209                           |
|               | 107. 108. | Lucknow                   | 174                           | 169                           | 214                           | 246                           | 220                           |
|               | 109.      | Moradabad                 | 201                           | 168                           | 196                           | 217                           | 227                           |
|               | 110.      | Noida                     | 135 160                       | 154 157                       | 176                           | 216                           | 258                           |
|               | 111.      | Raebareli                 |                               |                               | 141                           | 141                           | 141                           |
|               | 112.      | Varanasi                  | 139                           | 145                           | 256                           | 244                           | 189                           |
| Uttarakhand   | 113.      | Dehradun                  | 165                           | 188                           | 241                           | 248                           | 217                           |

| State       | S. No.   | City        |   PM10 Annual average (µg/m3) |   PM10 Annual average (µg/m3) |   PM10 Annual average (µg/m3) |   PM10 Annual average (µg/m3) |   PM10 Annual average (µg/m3) |
|-------------|----------|-------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| State       |          |             |                          2014 |                          2015 |                          2016 |                          2017 |                          2018 |
|             | 114.     | Kashipur    |                           121 |                           107 |                           126 |                           111 |                           105 |
|             | 115.     | Rishikesh   |                           122 |                           121 |                           119 |                           128 |                           133 |
| West Bengal | 116.     | Asansol     |                            84 |                            97 |                           211 |                           163 |                           146 |
| West Bengal | 117.     | Barrackpore |                           103 |                           113 |                           106 |                            90 |                           108 |
| West Bengal | 118.     | Durgapur    |                           102 |                           101 |                           196 |                           154 |                           141 |
| West Bengal | 119.     | Haldia      |                           136 |                            87 |                           103 |                            97 |                            99 |
| West Bengal | 120.     | Howrah      |                           111 |                           123 |                           119 |                           110 |                           179 |
| West Bengal | 121.     | Kolkata     |                           122 |                           105 |                           113 |                           120 |                           148 |
| West Bengal | 122.     | Raniganj    |                           134 |                           114 |                           217 |                           163 |                           147 |