Lok Sabha Question No. 3957 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Air Quality Monitoring Stations
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Rajan Baburao  Vichare

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3957

TO BE ANSWERED ON28.03.2022

## Air Quality Monitoring Stations

## 3957. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  research  on  the  number  of  air  quality monitoring stations that are ideally required and the total number of existing air quality monitoring stations in the country?
- (b) the number of air quality monitoring stations based in urban, semi-urban and rural areas and the number of air quality monitoring stations that are equipped to measure PM 2.5 pollution?
- (c) the list of air quality monitoring stations in Maharashtra, district-wise and the number of air  quality  monitoring  stations  built/commissioned  by  the  Government  during  the  last three years and the current year; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)

The ambient air quality monitoring stations in the country are established according to the population based criteria for siting air quality monitoring stations. The criteria also include available  resources  and  site  specific  parameters  such  as  size  of  the  area  to  be  covered, variability in pollutants concentration etc. The criteria for designing the ambient air quality monitoring network is given as Annexure-I.

(b)

The ambient air quality is monitored by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)along with State  Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCB)  and  Pollution  Control  Committees  (PCC)  at  880 locations covering 378 cities/towns in 28 States and 7 Union Territories across the country by manual  monitoring  under  National  Ambient  Air  Quality  Monitoring  Programme  (NAMP) and at 333 locations covering 172 cities/towns in 23 States and 4 Union Territories across the country by Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System (CAAQMS).

As far as rural areas is concerned, Air Quality monitoring is carried at 27 locations by manual method, covering 26 villages in Punjab and one in Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.

Under  the  manual  network  360  stations  in  171  citiesare  equipped  to  measure  PM  2.5 pollutionlevel. All 333 CAAQMS arealso equipped to monitor PM 2.5 pollution.

The details of ambient air quality monitoring stations are given as Annexure-II.

(c) and (d)

Details of air quality monitoring stations equipped to measure PM2.5  Pollution in Maharashtra is annexed as Annexure-III.

The list  of  district-wise  air  quality  monitoring  stations  in  Maharashtra  State  is  annexed  as Annexure-IV.

The list of air quality monitoring stations built/commissioned by the Government during the last three years and the current year is annexed as Annexure-V.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  (a)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3957 DUE  FOR REPLY ON 28.03.2022  REGARDING 'AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS' BY SHRI RAJAN VICHARE, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

## 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 |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3957 DUE  FOR REPLY ON 28.03.2022  REGARDING 'AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS' BY SHRI RAJAN VICHARE, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

## Ambient air quality stations (manual & real-time stations)

| Sl. No.   | States &UTs                              | Number of stations   | Number of stations   |
|-----------|------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Sl. No.   | States &UTs                              | CAAQMS               | NAMP                 |
| 1.        | Andaman &Nicobar (UT)                    | 0                    | 2                    |
| 2.        | Andhra Pradesh                           | 6                    | 72                   |
| 3.        | Arunachal Pradesh                        | 1                    | 2                    |
| 4.        | Assam                                    | 2                    | 31                   |
| 5.        | Bihar                                    | 32                   | 8                    |
| 6.        | Chandigarh (UT)                          | 2                    | 5                    |
| 7.        | Chattisgarh                              | 2                    | 17                   |
| 8.        | Dadara& Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu (UT) | 0                    | 6                    |
| 9.        | Delhi (UT)                               | 40                   | 10                   |
| 10.       | Goa                                      | 0                    | 18                   |
| 11.       | Gujarat                                  | 15                   | 24                   |
| 12.       | Haryana                                  | 30                   | 5                    |
| 13.       | Himachal Pradesh                         | 0                    | 25                   |
| 14.       | Jammu &Kashmir (UT)                      | 1                    | 29                   |
| 15.       | Jharkhand                                | 1                    | 10                   |
| 16.       | Karnataka                                | 31                   | 30                   |
| 17.       | Kerala                                   | 9                    | 29                   |
| 18.       | Lakshadweep (UT)                         | 0                    | 1                    |
| 19.       | Madhya Pradesh                           | 16                   | 42                   |
| 20.       | Maharashtra                              | 41                   | 80                   |
| 21.       | Manipur                                  | 0                    | 1                    |
| 22.       | Meghalaya                                | 1                    | 10                   |
| 23.       | Mizoram                                  | 1                    | 19                   |
| 24.       | Nagaland                                 | 1                    | 9                    |
| 25.       | Odisha                                   | 2                    | 38                   |
| 26.       | Pondicherry (UT)                         | 1                    | 6                    |
| 27.       | Punjab                                   | 8                    | 47                   |
| 28.       | Rajasthan                                | 10                   | 39                   |
| 29.       | Sikkim                                   | 0                    | 9                    |
| 30.       | Tamilnadu                                | 11                   | 55                   |
| 31.       | Telangana                                | 6                    | 25                   |
| 32.       | Tripura                                  | 1                    | 2                    |
| 33.       | Uttar Pradesh                            | 48                   | 84                   |
| 34.       | Uttarakhand                              | 0                    | 8                    |
| 35.       | West Bengal                              | 14                   | 82                   |
| 28 states | &7UTs                                    | 333                  | 880                  |

## ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO (c) and (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 3957 DUE FOR REPLY  ON  28.03.2022  REGARDING  'AIR  QUALITY  MONITORING  STATIONS'  BY  SHRI  RAJAN  VICHARE,  HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

## DISTRICT WISE AIR QUALITY MONITORING WITH RESPECT TO PM2.5- STATIONS IN THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

|   Sl. No. | Name of City   | District   | No. of Stations (MANUAL)   | Parameter monitored (MANUAL)   | TYPE   |   No of CAAQMS stations (Continuous) | Parameter monitored (Continuous)        | TYPE                     |
|-----------|----------------|------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|--------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|         1 | Navi Mumbai    | Thane      | ---                        | ---                            | ---    |                                    2 | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX | Residential & Commercial |
|         2 | Nashik         | Nashik     | ---                        | ---                            | ---    |                                    1 | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX | Residential & Commercial |
|         3 | Dombival i     | Thane      | ---                        | ---                            | ---    |                                    1 | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX | Residential & Commercial |
|         4 | Aurangab ad    | Aurangabad | ---                        | ---                            | ---    |                                    1 | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX | Residential & Commercial |
|         5 | Chandrap ur    | Chandrapur | ---                        | ---                            | ---    |                                    2 | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX | Residential & Commercial |
|         6 | Nagpur         | Nagpur     | ---                        | ---                            | ---    |                                    1 | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX | Residential & Commercial |

|   7 | Pune        | Pune       | 1   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi   | 1   | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX   | Residential & Commercial   |
|-----|-------------|------------|-----|----------------------------|-------------|-----|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|   8 | Thane       | Thane      | 1   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi   |     |                                           |                            |
|   9 | Mumbai      | Mumbai     | --- | ---                        | ---         | 11  | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX   | Residential & Commercial   |
|  10 | Kalyan      | Thane      | --- | ---                        | ---         | 1   | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX   | Residential & Commercial   |
|  11 | Ratnagiri   | Kolhapur   | 2   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Industrial  |     |                                           |                            |
|  12 | Solapur     | Pune       | 2   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial  | 1   | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX   | Residential & Commercial   |
|  13 | Barshi      | Pune       | 3   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial  |     |                                           |                            |
|  14 | Pandharp ur | Pune       | 1   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi   |     |                                           |                            |
|  15 | Osmanab ad  | Aurangabad | 3   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Industrial  |     |                                           |                            |
|  16 | Udgir       | Aurangabad | 3   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Industrial  |     |                                           |                            |
|  17 | Gondia      | Nagpur     | 3   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial  |     |                                           |                            |
|  18 | Wardha      | Nagpur     | 3   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial  |     |                                           |                            |
|  19 | Wani        | Chandrapur | 3   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial  |     |                                           |                            |

| 20   | Gadchirol i   | Chandrapur   | 1   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial               |    |                                         |             |
|------|---------------|--------------|-----|----------------------------|--------------------------|----|-----------------------------------------|-------------|
| 21   | Bhadravat i   | Chandrapur   | 1   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial               |    |                                         |             |
| 22   | Parbhani      | Aurangabad   | 3   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial / Residential |    |                                         |             |
| 23   | Kamptee       | Nagpur       | 1   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi                |    |                                         |             |
| 24   | Wadi          | Nagpur       | 1   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi                |    |                                         |             |
| 25   | Basmat        | Aurangabad   | 1   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial               |    |                                         |             |
| 26   | Parali        | Aurangabad   | 1   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi                |    |                                         |             |
| 27   | Bhusawal      | Nashik       | 3   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial               |    |                                         |             |
| 28   | Nandurba r    | Nashik       | 3   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Industrial               |    |                                         |             |
| 29   | Satara        | Pune         | 3   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Residential              |    |                                         |             |
| 30   | Bhiwandi      | Thane        | 1   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi                |    |                                         |             |
| 31   | Bhandara      | Bhandara     | 1   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi                |    |                                         |             |
| 32   | Vasai- Virar  | Thane        | --- | ---                        | ---                      | 1  | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX | Residential |
|      |               | TOTAL        | 45  |                            | TOTAL                    | 23 |                                         |             |

## ANNEXURE-IV

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO (c) and (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 3957 DUE FOR REPLY  ON  28.03.2022  REGARDING  'AIR  QUALITY  MONITORING  STATIONS'  BY  SHRI  RAJAN  VICHARE,  HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

## DISTRICT WISE AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS IN THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

|   Sl. No. | Name of City   | District   |   No. of Stations (MANUAL) | Parameter monitored (MANUAL)   | TYPE        | No of CAAQMS stations (Continuous)   | Parameter monitored (Continuous)        | TYPE                     |
|-----------|----------------|------------|----------------------------|--------------------------------|-------------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|         1 | Amravati       | Amravati   |                          3 | SO 2 , NO2 and PM10            | Residential | ---                                  | ---                                     | ---                      |
|         2 | Akola          | Amravati   |                          3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10              | Residential | ---                                  | ---                                     | ---                      |
|         3 | Navi Mumbai    | Thane      |                          4 | SO2, NO2 and PM10              | Industrial  | 2                                    | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX | Residential & Commercial |
|         4 | Taloja         | Raigad     |                          1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10              | Industrial  | ---                                  | ---                                     | ---                      |
|         5 | Panvel         | Raigad     |                          1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10              | Rural       | ---                                  | ---                                     | ---                      |
|         6 | Kolhapur       | Kolhapur   |                          3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10              | Residential | ---                                  | ---                                     | ---                      |
|         7 | Tarapur        | Thane      |                          3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10              | Industrial  | ---                                  | ---                                     | ---                      |
|         8 | Solapur        | Pune       |                          2 | SO2, NO2 and PM10              | Residential | ---                                  | ---                                     | ---                      |
|         9 | Nashik         | Nashik     |                          4 | SO2, NO2 and PM10              | Industrial  | 1                                    | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX | Residential & Commercial |
|        10 | Ambernath      | Thane      |                          1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10              | Residential | ---                                  | ---                                     | ---                      |

|   11 | Dombivali   | Thane      |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Industrial   | 1   | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX   | Residential & Commercial   |
|------|-------------|------------|-----|--------------------------|--------------|-----|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|   12 | Dombivali   | Thane      |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Industrial   | --- | ---                                       | ---                        |
|   13 | Aurangabad  | Aurangabad |   4 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Residential  | 1   | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX   | Residential & Commercial   |
|   14 | Chandrapur  | Chandrapur |   6 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Residential  | 2   | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX   | Residential & Commercial   |
|   15 | Nagpur      | Nagpur     |   4 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Residential  | 1   | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX   | Residential & Commercial   |
|   16 | Pune        | Pune       |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Comm-Resi    | 1   | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX   | Residential & Commercial   |
|   17 | Pune        | Pune       |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5 | Comm-Resi    | --- | ---                                       | ---                        |
|   18 | Thane       | Thane      |   2 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Industrial   | --- | ---                                       | ---                        |
|   19 | Thane       | Thane      |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5 | Comm-Resi    | --- | ---                                       | ---                        |
|   20 | Mumbai      | Mumbai     |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Residential  | 11  | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX   | Residential & Commercial   |
|   21 | Jalna       | Aurangabad |   2 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Commercial   | --- | ---                                       | ---                        |
|   22 | Ulhasnagar  | Thane      |   2 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Industrial   | --- | ---                                       | ---                        |
|   23 | Badlapur    | Thane      |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Residential  | --- | ---                                       | ---                        |

|   24 | Latur        | Aurangabad   |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Industrial   | ---   | ---                                     | ---                      |
|------|--------------|--------------|-----|--------------------------|--------------|-------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|   25 | Mahad        | Raigad       |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Commercial   | ---   | ---                                     | ---                      |
|   26 | Roha         | Raigad       |   2 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Comm-Resi    | ---   | ---                                     | ---                      |
|   27 | Sangli-Miraj | Kolhapur     |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Residential  | ---   | ---                                     | ---                      |
|   28 | Jalgaon      | Nashik       |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Residential  | ---   | ---                                     | ---                      |
|   29 | Nanded       | Aurangabad   |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Residential  | ---   | ---                                     | ---                      |
|   30 | Lote         | Ratnagiri    |   2 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Industrial   | ---   | ---                                     | ---                      |
|   31 | Kalyan       | Thane        |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Residential  | 1     | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX | Residential & Commercial |
|   32 | Bhiwandi     | Thane        |   2 | SO2, NO2 and PM10        | Residential  | ---   | ---                                     | ---                      |
|   33 | Ratnagiri    | Kolhapur     |   2 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5 | Industrial   | ---   | ---                                     | ---                      |
|   34 | Solapur      | Pune         |   2 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5 | Commercial   | 1     | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX | Residential & Commercial |
|   35 | Barshi       | Pune         |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5 | Commercial   | ---   | ---                                     | ---                      |
|   36 | Pandharpur   | Pune         |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5 | Comm-Resi    | ---   | ---                                     | ---                      |
|   37 | Osmanabad    | Aurangabad   |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5 | Industrial   | ---   | ---                                     | ---                      |

|   38 | Udgir      | Aurangabad   |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Industrial               | ---   | ---   | ---   |
|------|------------|--------------|-----|----------------------------|--------------------------|-------|-------|-------|
|   39 | Gondia     | Nagpur       |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial               | ---   | ---   | ---   |
|   40 | Wardha     | Nagpur       |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial               | ---   | ---   | ---   |
|   41 | Wani       | Chandrapur   |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial               | ---   | ---   | ---   |
|   42 | Gadchiroli | Chandrapur   |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial               | ---   | ---   | ---   |
|   43 | Bhadravati | Chandrapur   |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial               | ---   | ---   | ---   |
|   44 | Parbhani   | Aurangabad   |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial / Residential | ---   | ---   | ---   |
|   45 | Kamptee    | Nagpur       |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi                | ---   | ---   | ---   |
|   46 | Wadi       | Nagpur       |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi                | ---   | ---   | ---   |
|   47 | Basmat     | Aurangabad   |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial               | ---   | ---   | ---   |
|   48 | Parali     | Aurangabad   |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi                | ---   | ---   | ---   |
|   49 | Bhusawal   | Nashik       |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial               | ---   | ---   | ---   |
|   50 | Nandurbar  | Nashik       |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Industrial               | ---   | ---   | ---   |
|   51 | Satara     | Pune         |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Residential              | ---   | ---   | ---   |
|   52 | Bhiwandi   | Thane        |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi                | ---   | ---   | ---   |

| 53   | SRO- Bhandara   | Bhandara   | 1   | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi   |   --- | ---                                     | ---         |
|------|-----------------|------------|-----|----------------------------|-------------|-------|-----------------------------------------|-------------|
| 54   | Vasai-Virar     | Thane      | --- | ---                        | ---         |     1 | SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX | Residential |
|      | Total           |            | 119 |                            |             |    23 |                                         |             |

## ANNEXURE-V

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO (c) and (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 3957 DUE FOR REPLY  ON  28.03.2022  REGARDING  'AIR  QUALITY  MONITORING  STATIONS'  BY  SHRI  RAJAN  VICHARE,  HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT

|   Sl. No. | Name of City   | District   |   No.of stations (MANUAL) | Parameter monitored (MANUAL)   | TYPE                     |
|-----------|----------------|------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------|
|         1 | Ratnagiri      | Kolhapur   |                         2 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5       | Industrial               |
|         2 | Solapur        | Pune       |                         2 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5       | Commercial               |
|         3 | Barshi         | Pune       |                         3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5       | Commercial               |
|         4 | Pandharpur     | Pune       |                         1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5       | Comm-Resi                |
|         5 | Osmanabad      | Aurangabad |                         3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5       | Industrial               |
|         6 | Udgir          | Aurangabad |                         3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5       | Industrial               |
|         7 | Gondia         | Nagpur     |                         3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5       | Commercial               |
|         8 | Wardha         | Nagpur     |                         3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5       | Commercial               |
|         9 | Gadchiroli     | Chandrapur |                         1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5       | Commercial               |
|        10 | Bhadravati     | Chandrapur |                         1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5       | Commercial               |
|        11 | Parbhani       | Aurangabad |                         3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5       | Commercial / Residential |

| 12   | Kamptee       | Nagpur     |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi   |
|------|---------------|------------|-----|----------------------------|-------------|
| 13   | Wadi          | Nagpur     |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi   |
| 14   | Basmat        | Aurangabad |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial  |
| 15   | Parali        | Aurangabad |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi   |
| 16   | Bhusawal      | Nashik     |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Commercial  |
| 17   | Nandurbar     | Nashik     |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Industrial  |
| 18   | Satara        | Pune       |   3 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Residential |
| 19   | Bhiwandi      | Thane      |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi   |
| 20   | SRO- Bhandara | Bhandara   |   1 | SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5   | Comm-Resi   |
|      |               | TOTAL      |  40 |                            |             |