Lok Sabha Question No. 3485 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-08-08
Subject: AQI Monitoring Centres
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: P. C. Mohan, Rajendra Agrawal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3485

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2022

## AQI Monitoring Centers

## 3485.   SHRI P.C. MOHAN: SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

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

- (a) the status of National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP);
- (b) the  number  of  tier-2  cities  which  are  connected  with  web-based  system  of  National  Air Quality Index;
- (c) the details of the funds disbursed for improving real-time air quality monitoring initiative;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  fact  that  National  Air  Quality  Index  is  not monitored in most of the important cities/towns of the country, if so, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether the Government has planned to establish more AQI monitoring centres in all cities and towns across the country and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the  details  of  measures  taken  to  strengthen  the  network  of  monitoring  system  in  the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  along  with  State  Pollution  Control  Boards (SPCB)  and  Pollution  Control  Committees  (PCC)  monitorAmbient  Air  Quality  at  882 manual stations covering 378 cities/towns in 28 States and 7 Union Territories across the country under National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP).
- (b) At  present,  20  tier-2  cities  are  connected  with  National  Air  Quality  Index  (NAQI) Bulletin.
- (c) The  total  fund  disbursed  for  installation  of  real-time  ambient  air  quality  monitoring stations is Rs 22.30 Cr. for 31 stations during 2017 to 2021. In addition, under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), in FY 2019-20, Rs.77 Cr. were allocated to 24 cities for 65 Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Systems (CAAQMS). The details are at Annexure I .

- (d) , (e) & (f) Daily bulletin on Air Quality Index (AQI) is published for 183 cities covering 27  States  and  4  UTs.  Metropolitan  cities  like  Delhi,  Chennai,  Kolkata,  Bengaluru, Mumbai and Hyderabad are already covered. The list of cities where AQI is generated is at Annexure II.

Ambient air quality monitoring network of the country consists of 1243 stations (Manual + CAAQM Stations) covering 465 cities in 28 States and 7 Union Territories (UT). The expansion of monitoring network is a continuous process and is done as per criteria  evolved  for  ambient  air  quality  monitoring  network  ( Annexure  -  III )  starting with non-attainment cities, mega cities, million plus / metropolitan cities, cities in IndoGangetic Plain, uncovered district headquarters, industrial city, coastal city, Ecologically Sensitive Areas and rural areas.

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## Funds Released under NCAP for CAAQMS

| S.No.   | City name                     |   Installation& commissioning of CAAQMS |   Funds Allocated (in crores) |
|---------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| 1       | Vijayawada                    |                                       3 |                           3.6 |
| 2       | Patna                         |                                       3 |                           3.6 |
| 3       | Raipur                        |                                       2 |                           2.4 |
| 4       | Bhilai                        |                                       2 |                           2.4 |
| 5       | Surat                         |                                       3 |                           3.6 |
| 6       | Varanasi                      |                                       3 |                           3.6 |
| 7       | Prayagraj (Allahabad)         |                                       3 |                           3.6 |
| 8       | Agra                          |                                       2 |                           2.4 |
| 9       | Kanpur                        |                                       2 |                           2.4 |
| 10      | Lucknow                       |                                       2 |                           2.4 |
| 11      | Bhopal                        |                                       2 |                           2.4 |
| 12      | Gwalior                       |                                       2 |                           2.4 |
| 13      | Nagpur                        |                                       3 |                           3.6 |
| 14      | Navi Mumbai                   |                                       3 |                           3.6 |
| 15      | Ludhiana                      |                                       4 |                           4.8 |
| 16      | Amritsar                      |                                       4 |                           4.8 |
| 17      | Kota                          |                                       2 |                           2.4 |
| 18      | Jaipur                        |                                       2 |                           2.4 |
| 19      | Jodhpur                       |                                       2 |                           2.4 |
| 20      | Hyderabad                     |                                       5 |                           5   |
| 21      | Chandigarh                    |                                       2 |                           2.4 |
| 22      | Bangalore                     |                                       4 |                           4.8 |
| 23      | Dhanbad                       |                                       2 |                           2.4 |
| 24      | Twin city Bhubanewar& Cuttack |                                       3 |                           3.6 |
| Total   | Total                         |                                      65 |                          77   |

## Annexure I

Annexure II Status of ambient air quality monitoring stations where AQI is generated

| Sl. No.   | State&UT          |   Sl. No. | Cities / towns                |
|-----------|-------------------|-----------|-------------------------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    |         1 | Amaravati                     |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    |         2 | Rajahmundry/Rajamahendravaram |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    |         3 | Tirupati                      |
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh    |         4 | Visakhapatnam                 |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh |         5 | Naharlagun                    |
| 3.        | Assam             |         6 | Guwahati                      |
| 4.        | Bihar             |         7 | Araria                        |
|           |                   |         8 | Arrah                         |
|           |                   |         9 | Aurangabad                    |
|           |                   |        10 | Begusarai                     |
|           |                   |        11 | Bettiah                       |
|           |                   |        12 | Bhagalpur                     |
|           |                   |        13 | Bihar Sharif                  |
|           |                   |        14 | Buxar                         |
|           |                   |        15 | Chhapra                       |
|           |                   |        16 | Darbhanga                     |
|           |                   |        17 | Gaya                          |
|           |                   |        18 | Hajipur                       |
|           |                   |        19 | Katihar                       |
|           |                   |        20 | Kishanganj                    |
|           |                   |        21 | Manguraha                     |
|           |                   |        22 | Motihari                      |
|           |                   |        23 | Munger                        |
|           |                   |        24 | Muzaffarpur                   |
|           |                   |        25 | Patna                         |
|           |                   |        26 | Purnia                        |
|           |                   |        27 | Rajgir                        |
|           |                   |        28 | Saharsa                       |
|           |                   |        29 | Samastipur                    |
|           |                   |        30 | Sasaram                       |
|           |                   |        31 | Siwan                         |
| 5.        | Chandigarh (UT)   |        32 | Chandigarh                    |
| 6.        | Chattisgarh       |        33 | Bilaspur                      |
| 6.        | Chattisgarh       |        34 | Durg-Bhillainagar             |
| 7.        | Delhi (UT)        |        35 | Delhi                         |
| 8.        | Gujarat           |        36 | Ahmedabad                     |
| 8.        | Gujarat           |        37 | Ankleshwar                    |
| 8.        | Gujarat           |        38 | Gandhinagar                   |
| 8.        | Gujarat           |        39 | Nandesari                     |

| Sl. No.   | State&UT             |   Sl. No. | Cities / towns          |
|-----------|----------------------|-----------|-------------------------|
|           |                      |        40 | Vapi                    |
|           |                      |        41 | Vatva                   |
| 9.        | Haryana              |        42 | Ambala                  |
|           |                      |        43 | Bahadurgarh             |
|           |                      |        44 | Ballabgarh              |
|           |                      |        45 | Bhiwani                 |
|           |                      |        46 | CharkhiDadri            |
|           |                      |        47 | Dharuhera               |
|           |                      |        48 | Faridabad               |
|           |                      |        49 | Fatehabad               |
|           |                      |        50 | Gurgaon                 |
|           |                      |        51 | Hissar                  |
|           |                      |        52 | Jind                    |
|           |                      |        53 | Kaithal                 |
|           |                      |        54 | Karnal                  |
|           |                      |        55 | Kurukshetra             |
|           |                      |        56 | Mandikhera              |
|           |                      |        57 | Manesar                 |
|           |                      |        58 | Narnaul                 |
|           |                      |        59 | Palwal                  |
|           |                      |        60 | Panchukula Urban Estate |
|           |                      |        61 | Panipat                 |
|           |                      |        62 | Rohtak                  |
|           |                      |        63 | Sirsa                   |
|           |                      |        64 | Sonepat                 |
|           |                      |        65 | Yamuna Nagar            |
| 10.       | Himachal Pradesh     |        66 | Baddi                   |
| 11.       | Jammu & Kashmir (UT) |        67 | Srinagar (K)            |
| 12.       | Jharkhand            |        68 | Jorapokhar              |
| 13.       | Karnataka            |        69 | Bagalkote               |
|           |                      |        70 | Bangalore               |
|           |                      |        71 | Bidar                   |
|           |                      |        72 | Bijapur / Vijayapura    |
|           |                      |        73 | Chamarajanagar          |
|           |                      |        74 | Chikkaballapur          |
|           |                      |        75 | Chikkamagaluru          |
|           |                      |        76 | Devanagere              |
|           |                      |        77 | Gadag                   |
|           |                      |        78 | Gulbarga / Kalaburgi    |
|           |                      |        79 | Hassan                  |
|           |                      |        80 | Haveri                  |

| Sl.   | State&UT       |   Sl. No. | Cities / towns       |
|-------|----------------|-----------|----------------------|
| No.   |                |        81 | Hubli-Dharwad        |
|       |                |        82 | Kolar                |
|       |                |        83 | Koppal               |
|       |                |        84 | Madikeri             |
|       |                |        85 | Mangalore            |
|       |                |        86 | Mysore               |
|       |                |        87 | Raichur              |
|       |                |        88 | Ramanagara           |
|       |                |        89 | Shimaga / Shivamogga |
|       |                |        90 | Udupi                |
|       |                |        91 | Yadgir               |
| 14.   |                |        92 | Eloor                |
|       |                |        93 | Ernakulam            |
|       |                |        94 | Kannur               |
|       |                |        95 | Kochi                |
|       | Kerala         |        96 | Kollam               |
|       |                |        97 | Kozhikode            |
|       |                |        98 | Thiruvanantapuram    |
|       |                |        99 | Thrissur             |
| 15.   | Madhya Pradesh |       100 | Bhopal               |
|       |                |       101 | Damoh                |
|       |                |       102 | Dewas                |
|       |                |       103 | Gwalior              |
|       |                |       104 | Indore               |
|       |                |       105 | Jabalpur             |
|       |                |       106 | Katni                |
|       |                |       107 | Maihar               |
|       |                |       108 | Mandideep            |
|       |                |       109 | Pithampur            |
|       |                |       110 | Ratlam               |
|       |                |       111 | Sagar                |
|       |                |       112 | Satna                |
|       |                |       113 | Singrauli            |
|       |                |       114 | Ujjain               |
| 16.   | Maharashtra    |       115 | Chandrapur           |
|       |                |       116 | Dombivali / Kalyan   |
|       |                |       117 | Mumbai               |
|       |                |       118 | Nagpur               |
|       |                |       119 | Nashik               |
|       |                |       120 | Navi Mumbai          |
|       |                |       121 | Pune                 |
|       |                |       122 | Solapur              |
|       |                |       123 | Thane                |

| Sl. No.   | State&UT         |   Sl. No. | Cities / towns            |
|-----------|------------------|-----------|---------------------------|
|           |                  |       124 | Vasai-virar               |
| 17.       | Manipur          |       125 | Imphal                    |
| 18.       | Meghalaya        |       126 | Shillong                  |
| 19.       | Mizoram          |       127 | Aizwal                    |
| 20.       | Nagaland         |       128 | Kohima                    |
| 21.       |                  |       129 | Brajrajnagar              |
|           | Odisha           |       130 | Talcher                   |
| 22.       | Pondicherry (UT) |       131 | Pondicherry               |
| 23.       | Punjab           |       132 | Amritsar                  |
| 23.       | Punjab           |       133 | Bhatinda                  |
| 23.       | Punjab           |       134 | GobindgarhMandiGobindgarh |
| 23.       | Punjab           |       135 | Jalandhar                 |
| 23.       | Punjab           |       136 | Khanna                    |
| 23.       | Punjab           |       137 | Ludhiana                  |
| 23.       | Punjab           |       138 | Patiala                   |
| 23.       | Punjab           |       139 | Rupnagar                  |
| 24.       | Rajasthan        |       140 | Ajmer                     |
| 24.       | Rajasthan        |       141 | Alwar                     |
| 24.       | Rajasthan        |       142 | Bhiwadi                   |
| 24.       | Rajasthan        |       143 | Jaipur                    |
| 24.       | Rajasthan        |       144 | Jodhpur                   |
| 24.       | Rajasthan        |       145 | Kota                      |
| 24.       | Rajasthan        |       146 | Pali                      |
| 24.       | Rajasthan        |       147 | Udaipur                   |
| 25.       | Sikkim           |       148 | Gangtok                   |
| 26.       | Tamilnadu        |       149 | Chennai                   |
| 26.       | Tamilnadu        |       150 | Coimbatore                |
| 26.       | Tamilnadu        |       151 | Gummidipoondi             |
| 26.       | Tamilnadu        |       152 | Tuticorin / Thoothukudi   |
| 27.       | Telangana        |       153 | Hyderabad                 |
| 27.       | Telangana        |       154 | Patencheru                |
| 27.       | Telangana        |       155 | Sangareddy                |
| 28.       | Tripura          |       156 | Agartala                  |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh    |       157 | Agra                      |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh    |       158 | Allahabad                 |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh    |       159 | Bagpat                    |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh    |       160 | Bareily                   |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh    |       161 | Bulandshahr               |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh    |       162 | Firozabad                 |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh    |       163 | Ghaziabad                 |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh    |       164 | Gorakhpur                 |
| 29.       | Uttar Pradesh    |       165 | Greater Noida             |

| Sl. No.   | State&UT    |   Sl. No. | Cities / towns   |
|-----------|-------------|-----------|------------------|
|           |             |       166 | Hapur            |
|           |             |       167 | Jhansi           |
|           |             |       168 | Kanpur           |
|           |             |       169 | Khurja           |
|           |             |       170 | Lucknow          |
|           |             |       171 | Meerut           |
|           |             |       172 | Moradabad        |
|           |             |       173 | Muzaffarnagar    |
|           |             |       174 | Noida            |
|           |             |       175 | Varanasi         |
|           |             |       176 | Vrindavan        |
| 30.       | Uttarakhand |       177 | Dehradun         |
| 31.       | West Bengal |       178 | Asansol          |
|           |             |       179 | Durgapur         |
|           |             |       180 | Haldia           |
|           |             |       181 | Howrah           |
|           |             |       182 | Kolkata          |
|           |             |       183 | Siliguri         |

Annexure - III Criteria for designing the ambient air quality monitoring network

| Population (Census 2011)   | Minimum No. of manual station underNAMP                                                        | Minimum no of proposed CAAQMS                                         |   Total |
|----------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 1,00,000- < 5,00,000       | 1-Background 2-Residential/ Commercial                                                         | 1-Residential                                                         |       4 |
| 5,00,000- <10,00,000       | 1-Background 2-Residential/ Commercial                                                         | 1-Residential 1-Traffic dominant area 1- Commercial                   |       6 |
| 10,00,000- <50,00,000      | 1-Background 2-Residential/ Commercial                                                         | 2-Residential 1-Traffic dominant area 1- Commercial 1-Industrial area |       8 |
| ≥50,00,000                 | 1-Background in upwind direction 1-Background in down wind direction 2-Residential/ Commercial | 4-Residential 3-Traffic dominant area 3- Commercial 2-Industrial area |      16 |