Lok Sabha Question No. 2023 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-19
Subject: Most Polluted Cities
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Jual Oram, Sunil Kumar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2023

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.12.2022

## Most Polluted Cities

## 2023. SHRI JUAL ORAM: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has identified the most polluted cities/towns in the country;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  stop  the  increasing  pollution  level  of those cities and towns and if so, the steps taken/proposed to be taken in this regard;
- (c) the  details  of  such  cities  in  the  country  including  the  level  of  pollution  increased during the last two years and the reasons therefor, State-wise; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  devised  any  strategy  to  reduce  the  pollution  level  in future and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a), (b),(c) &(d):

Ministry of Environment Forest &Climate Change (MoEF&CC) launched National Clean Air Programme  (NCAP)  in  January,  2019,  which  is  a  time-bound,  national  level  strategy  for prevention, control and abatement of air pollution. Under NCAP,     it has been envisaged to achieve targets of 20 to 30 % reduction in Particulate Matter concentration by 2024 in 131 cities.

NCAP strategy includes the following actions:

- (i) Clean  Air  Action  Plans  at  National,  State  and  City  levels  for  source  specific mitigation actions;
- (ii) Financial incentive structure for targeted cities  linked  with  air quality  improvement performance (49 cities under XV th Finance Commission grants and 82 cities funded under NCAP)
- (iii) Coordinated actions by Central Ministries and State Governments and their agencies;
- (iv) Convergence of resources from schemes of Central Government, State Government and Urban Local Bodies;
- (v) Building of a mass movement - Jan Andolan.

Details  of  air  quality  status  in  131  cities  during  FY  2020-21  and  2021-22  are  enclosed  at Annexure-I .

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## Ambient Air Quality status of 131Cities under NCAP Annexure I

| States           | Sl. No.   | Cities             | Average concentration (F.Y.) of PM 10 (µg/m 3 )   | Average concentration (F.Y.) of PM 10 (µg/m 3 )   |
|------------------|-----------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|                  |           |                    | FY 2020-21                                        | FY 2021-22                                        |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 1         | Anantpur           | 58                                                | 52                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 2         | Chittur            | 41                                                | 49                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 3         | Eluru              | 58                                                | 65                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 4         | Guntur             | 56                                                | 58                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 5         | Kadapa             | 50                                                | 54                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 6         | Kurnool            | 52                                                | 61                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 7         | Nellore            | 56                                                | 55                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 8         | Ongole             | 49                                                | 52                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 9         | Rajamahendrav aram | 69                                                | 68                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 10        | Srikakulam         | 66                                                | 75                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 11        | Vijayawada         | 56                                                | 67                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 12        | Visakhapatnam      | 104                                               | 98                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh   | 13        | Vizhianagaram      | 63                                                | 71                                                |
| Assam            | 14        | Guwahati           | 114                                               | 103                                               |
| Assam            | 15        | Nagaon             | 90                                                | 104                                               |
| Assam            | 16        | Nalbari            | 57                                                | 99                                                |
| Assam            | 17        | Silchar            | 43                                                | 45                                                |
| Assam            | 18        | Sivasagar          | 48                                                | 47                                                |
| Bihar            | 19        | Patna              | 143                                               | 145                                               |
| Bihar            | 20        | Gaya               | 71                                                | 97                                                |
| Bihar            | 21        | Muzaffarpur        | 180                                               | 153                                               |
| Chandigarh       | 22        | Chandigarh         | 90                                                | 97                                                |
| Chattisgarh      | 23        | Korba              | 46                                                | 61                                                |
| Chattisgarh      | 24        | Durg Bhilainagar   | 56                                                | 58                                                |
| Chattisgarh      | 25        | Raipur             | 55                                                | 61                                                |
| Delhi            | 26        | Delhi              | 193                                               | 196                                               |
| Gujarat          | 27        | Ahmedabad          | 120                                               | 113                                               |
| Gujarat          | 28        | Rajkot             | 94                                                | 116                                               |
| Gujarat          | 29        | Surat              | 93                                                | 100                                               |
| Gujarat          | 30        | Vadodara           | 95                                                | 121                                               |
| Haryana          | 31        | Faridabad          | 229                                               | 209                                               |
| Himachal Pradesh | 32        | Baddi              | 123                                               | 132                                               |
| Himachal Pradesh | 33        | Damtal             | 65                                                | 64                                                |
| Himachal Pradesh | 34        | Kala Amb           | 64                                                | 114                                               |
| Himachal Pradesh | 35        | Nalagarh           | 90                                                | 84                                                |
|                  | 36        | Paonta Sahib       | 78                                                | 90                                                |

|                | 37    | Parwanoo             | 44    | 35    |
|----------------|-------|----------------------|-------|-------|
|                | 38    | Sunder Nagar         | 63    | 47    |
| Jammu&Kashmir  | 39    | Jammu                | 186   | 170   |
|                | 40    | Srinagar             | 163   | 111   |
| Jharkhand      | 41    | Dhanbad              | 198   | 235   |
|                | 42    | Jamshedpur           | 96    | 110   |
|                | 43    | Ranchi               | 105   | 110   |
| Karnataka      | 44    | Bengaluru            | 62    | 67    |
|                | 45    | Devangere            | 72    | 57    |
|                | 46    | Gulburga / Kalaburgi | 92    | 84    |
|                | 47    | Hubli-Dharwad        | 69    | 68    |
| Madhya Pradesh | 48    | Bhopal               | 114   | 116   |
|                | 49    | Dewas                | 93    | 81    |
|                | 50    | Gwalior              | 125   | 109   |
|                | 51    | Indore               | 96    | 103   |
|                | 52    | Jabalpur             | 106   | 115   |
|                | 53    | Sagar                | 64    | 79    |
|                | 54    | Ujjain               | 104   | 114   |
| Maharashtra    | 55    | Aurangabad           | 65    | 86    |
|                | 56    | Akola                | 54    | 64    |
|                | 57    | Amravati             | 58    | 66    |
|                | 58    | Badlapur             | 67    | 94    |
|                | 59    | Chandrapur           | 100   | 104   |
|                | 60    | Greater Mumbai       | 98    | 106   |
|                | 61    | Jalgaon              | 53    | 59    |
|                | 62    | Jalna                | 86    | 93    |
|                | 63    | Kolhapur             | 83    | 81    |
|                | 64    | Latur                | 54    | 57    |
|                | 65    | Nagpur               | 68    | 68    |
|                | 66    | Nashik               | 51    | 59    |
|                | 67    | Navi Mumbai          | 52    | 97    |
|                | 68    | Pune                 | 69    | 85    |
|                | 69    | Sangli               | 71    | 60    |
|                | 70    | Solapur              | 79    | 60    |
|                | 71    | Thane                | 105   | 130   |
|                | 72    | Ulhasnagar           | 66    | 77    |
|                | 73    | Vasai virar          | 43    | 174   |
| Meghalaya      | 74    | Byrnihat             | 127   | 181   |
| Nagaland       | 75 76 | Dimapur Kohima       | 85 84 | 84 69 |
| Odisha         | 77    | Angul                | 88    | 97    |
|                | 78    | Balasore             | 78    | 74    |
|                | 79    | Bhubneshwar          | 78    | 95    |

|               |   80 | Cuttack          |   86 |   90 |
|---------------|------|------------------|------|------|
|               |   81 | Kalinga Nagar    |  104 |  114 |
|               |   82 | Rourkela         |   96 |  106 |
|               |   83 | Talcher          |   98 |   81 |
| Punjab        |   84 | Amritsar         |  113 |  118 |
|               |   85 | Dera Baba Nanak  |   66 |   71 |
|               |   86 | DeraBassi        |  105 |   98 |
|               |   87 | Jalandhar        |  150 |  130 |
|               |   88 | Khanna           |  101 |  106 |
|               |   89 | Ludhiana         |  129 |  150 |
|               |   90 | MandiGobindga rh |  131 |  122 |
|               |   91 | NayaNangal       |   95 |   70 |
|               |   92 | Patiala          |  102 |  109 |
| Rajasthan     |   93 | Jaipur           |  112 |  126 |
|               |   94 | Alwar            |  110 |  112 |
|               |   95 | Jodhpur          |  155 |  161 |
|               |   96 | Kota             |  100 |  112 |
|               |   97 | Udaipur          |  109 |  122 |
| Tamil Nadu    |   98 | Chennai          |   60 |   57 |
|               |   99 | Madurai          |   57 |   53 |
|               |  100 | Trichy           |   40 |   45 |
|               |  101 | Tuticorin        |   84 |   67 |
| Telangana     |  102 | Hyderabad        |   88 |   88 |
|               |  103 | Nalgonda         |   60 |   70 |
|               |  104 | Patencheru       |   77 |   76 |
|               |  105 | Sangareddy       |   77 |   83 |
| Uttar Pradesh |  106 | Agra             |  188 |  146 |
|               |  107 | Allahabad        |  184 |  119 |
|               |  108 | Ghaziabad        |  218 |  216 |
|               |  109 | Kanpur           |  169 |  170 |
|               |  110 | Lucknow          |  209 |  148 |
|               |  111 | Meerut           |  200 |  186 |
|               |  112 | Varanasi         |  168 |  114 |
|               |  113 | Anpara           |  142 |  154 |
|               |  114 | Bareily          |  193 |  175 |
|               |  115 | Firozabad        |  186 |  137 |
|               |  116 | Gajraula         |  168 |  155 |
|               |  117 | Gorakpur         |  168 |  122 |
|               |  118 | Jhansi           |   99 |  128 |
|               |  119 | Khurja           |  194 |  173 |
|               |  120 | Moradabad        |  206 |  155 |
|               |  121 | Noida            |  197 |  203 |

|             |   122 | Raebareli   |   98 |   112 |
|-------------|-------|-------------|------|-------|
| Uttarakhand |   123 | Dehradun    |  144 |   146 |
| Uttarakhand |   124 | Kashipur    |  129 |   119 |
| Uttarakhand |   125 | Rishikesh   |   77 |   117 |
| West Bengal |   126 | Asansol     |  114 |   112 |
| West Bengal |   127 | Barrackpore |   75 |    85 |
| West Bengal |   128 | Durgapur    |  103 |   168 |
| West Bengal |   129 | Haldia      |   93 |    94 |
| West Bengal |   130 | Howrah      |  117 |   125 |
| West Bengal |   131 | Kolkata     |   99 |   105 |