Lok Sabha Question No. 4035 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Sources of Pollution
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Arvind Ganpat Sawant

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4035

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Sources of Pollution

## 4035.   SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

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

- (a) whether the Government has assessed the pollution level and sources of pollution in the  rural  areas  of  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the National Clean Air Program (NCAP) is currently functional in rural parts of the country, if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to expand NCAP to rural parts of the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof including the timeline by which rural areas will be included in NCAP; and
- (e) whether  the  budgetary  allocation  has  been  earmarked  for  the  same  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

## (a) to (e)

Ambient  air  quality  monitoring  network  of  country  presently  has  1213  monitoring stations covering 465 cities in 28 States and 7 Union Territories. Out of these, 26 monitoring stations are located in 26 rural areas.

The ambient air quality status of the rural areas during 2020 is given in Annexure-I .

Government  has  launched  National  Clean  Air  Programme  (NCAP)  in  2019  as  a national-level strategy to reduce air pollution levels in urban centres.

An  amount  of  Rs.  423.21  crore  have  been  released  to  non-attainment  cities  under NCAP till now for initiating actions such as expansion of monitoring network, construction and  demolition  waste  management  facilities,  non-motorised  transport  infrastructure,  green buffers zone, use of mechanical street sweepers, composting units etc.

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## Ambient air quality in rural area during 2020 (Manual monitoring)

| Sl.   | State                   | Sl. No.   | Village                       | District                                | Annual average in µg/m 3   | Annual average in µg/m 3   | Annual average in µg/m 3   |
|-------|-------------------------|-----------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| No.   |                         |           |                               |                                         | SO 2                       | NO 2                       | PM 1 0                     |
| 1.    | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and | 1.        | Baldevi (Dadra& Nagar Haveli) | Dadara& Nagar Haveli                    | 11                         | 15                         | 68                         |
|       | Daman &Diu              | 2.        | Patlara (Daman)               | Daman                                   | 10                         | 14                         | 64                         |
| 2.    |                         | 3.        | Aligarh (Jagraon)             | Ludhiana                                | 5                          | 15                         | 34                         |
|       |                         | 4.        | AspalKhurd (Tapa)             | Barnala                                 | 7                          | 15                         | 116                        |
|       |                         | 5.        | Bara Pind (Goraya)            | Jalandhar                               | 6                          | 17                         | 94                         |
|       |                         | 6.        | Binjon (Garshankar)           | Hoshiarpu r                             | 6                          | 19                         | 118                        |
|       |                         | 7.        | Bishanpura (Payal)            | Ludhiana                                | 9                          | 22                         | 142                        |
|       |                         | 8.        | Changal (Sangrur)             | Sangrur                                 | 6                          | 15                         | 115                        |
|       |                         | 9.        | Chowkimann (Jagraon)          | Ludhiana                                | 8                          | 20                         | 94                         |
|       | Punjab                  | 10.       | Fatehpur (Samana)             | Patiala                                 | 7                          | 18                         | 98                         |
|       |                         | 11.       | Guru Ki Dhab (Kotkapura)      | Faridkot                                | 5                          | 13                         | 125                        |
|       |                         | 12.       | JaitoSarja (Batala)           | Gurdaspur                               | 5                          | 17                         | 78                         |
|       |                         | 13.       | Kharaori (Sirhind)            | Fatehgarh Sahib                         | 7                          | 17                         | 99                         |
|       |                         | 14.       | Kotladoom (Ajnala)            | Amritsar                                | 7                          | 15                         | 89                         |
|       |                         | 15.       | LakhokeBehram (Ferozpur)      | Ferozpur                                | 4                          | 10                         | 121                        |
|       |                         | 16.       | Mrar Kalan (Muktsar)          | Muktsar                                 | 4                          | 9                          | 88                         |
| 3.    |                         | 17.       | Mukandpur (Nawashahar)        | Nawashah ar / ShahidBh agat Singh Nagar | 9                          | 20                         | 119                        |
|       |                         | 18.       | Mureedke (Batala)             | Gurdaspur                               | 7                          | 25                         | 83                         |
|       |                         | 19.       | Naudhrani (Malerkotla)        | Sangrur                                 | 6                          | 16                         | 111                        |
|       |                         | 20.       | Peer Mohammad (Jalalabad)     | Fazilka                                 | 5                          | 13                         | 135                        |
|       |                         | 21.       | Poohli (Bhatinda)             | Bathinda                                | 4                          | 9                          | 89                         |
|       |                         | 22.       | QilaBharian (Sangrur)         | Sangrur                                 | 6                          | 15                         | 105                        |
|       |                         | 23.       | Rakhra (Patiala)              | Patiala                                 | 7                          | 17                         | 102                        |
|       |                         | 24.       | Rohila (Samrala)              | Ludhiana                                | 8                          | 22                         | 151                        |
|       |                         | 25.       | Tirathpur (Amritsar-I)        | Amritsar                                | 7                          | 14                         | 98                         |

Annexure - I