Lok Sabha Question No. 62 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-18
Subject: Deaths due to Pollution
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy, Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 62

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2022

## Deaths due to Pollution

## 62.       SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY: SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

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

- (a) Whether thousands of persons die due to pollution in the country and if so, the details thereof during the last three years, State wise;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted any survey in this regard and if so, the details of survey report; and
- (c) the details  of compensation paid to the victims and steps being taken to correct the situation by reducing the pollution levels?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

## (a) :

There  is  no  conclusive  data  available  to  establish  a  direct  correlation  of  death/disease exclusively with air pollution. Air pollution is one of the many factors affecting respiratory ailments and associated diseases. Health is impacted by a number of factors which include food habits, occupational habits, socio-economic status, medical history, immunity, heredity, etc. of the individuals apart from the environment.

(b)&(c):

Information  related  to  survey  done  by  the  Government  with  regard  to  Deaths  due  to  air pollution and compensation paid to the victims is not available. However, Government has launched  National  Clean  Air  Programme  (NCAP)  in  2019  as  a  national  level  strategy  to reduce air pollution levels across the country. City Specific Clean Air Action Plans have been prepared and rolled out for implementation in 132 non-attainment and million plus cities. List of  132  cities  is  enclosed  as Annexure  I. A  portal  named  'Portal  for  Regulation  of  Air Pollution  in  Non-Attainment  Cities'  or  'PRANA'  has  been  launched  by  MoEF&CC  for paperless  monitoring  of  NCAP  and  for  disseminating  information  about  the  programme  to public.

Government has taken several steps for mitigation of air pollution which include introduction of BS-VI norms for fuel and vehicles since April, 2020, promotion of E-vehicles, expansion of network of Metro rails for public transport, cleaner fuel such as PNG, stringent emission norms for industries including coal based Thermal Power Plants (TPPs), zig-zag technology for brick kilns, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastic and e-waste management, real  time  monitoring of  major industrial sectors, etc. Sector wise measures are enclosed as Annexure II .

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Annexure I

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (b) and (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 62 to be answered on 18.07.2022, by Shri Kotha Prabhakar Reddy and Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat

List of 132 Non-Attainment and Million Plus Cities

| State               |   S. No. | City           |
|---------------------|----------|----------------|
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |        1 | Guntur         |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |        2 | Kurnool        |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |        3 | Nellore        |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |        4 | Vijayawada     |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |        5 | Vishakhapatnam |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |        6 | Anantapur      |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |        7 | Chitoor        |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |        8 | Eluru          |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |        9 | Kadapa         |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |       10 | Ongole         |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |       11 | Rajahmundry    |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |       12 | Srikakulam     |
| Andhra Pradesh (13) |       13 | Vizianagaram   |
| Assam (05)          |       14 | Guwahati       |
| Assam (05)          |       15 | Nagaon         |
| Assam (05)          |       16 | Nalbari        |
| Assam (05)          |       17 | Sibsagar       |
| Assam (05)          |       18 | Silchar        |

| State                |   S. No. | City          |
|----------------------|----------|---------------|
| Bihar (03)           |       19 | Patna         |
| Bihar (03)           |       20 | Gaya          |
| Bihar (03)           |       21 | Muzaffarpur   |
| Chandigarh (01)      |       22 | Chandigarh    |
| Chhattisgarh (03)    |       23 | Bhilai        |
| Chhattisgarh (03)    |       24 | Korba         |
| Chhattisgarh (03)    |       25 | Raipur        |
| Delhi (01)           |       26 | Delhi         |
| Gujarat (03)         |       27 | Surat         |
| Gujarat (03)         |       28 | Ahmedabad     |
| Gujarat (03)         |       29 | Vadodara      |
| Himachal Pradesh (7) |       30 | Baddi         |
| Himachal Pradesh (7) |       31 | Damtal        |
| Himachal Pradesh (7) |       32 | Kala Amb      |
| Himachal Pradesh (7) |       33 | Nalagarh      |
| Himachal Pradesh (7) |       34 | Paonta Sahib  |
| Himachal Pradesh (7) |       35 | Parwanoo      |
| Himachal Pradesh (7) |       36 | Sunder Nagar  |
| Jammu &Kashmir (2)   |       37 | Jammu         |
| Jammu &Kashmir (2)   |       38 | Srinagar      |
| Jharkhand (01)       |       39 | Dhanbad       |
| Karnataka (04)       |       40 | Bangalore     |
| Karnataka (04)       |       41 | Devanagere    |
| Karnataka (04)       |       42 | Gulburga      |
| Karnataka (04)       |       43 | Hubli-Dharwad |
| Madhya Pradesh (06)  |       44 | Bhopal        |
| Madhya Pradesh (06)  |       45 | Dewas         |
| Madhya Pradesh (06)  |       46 | Indore        |
| Madhya Pradesh (06)  |       47 | Sagar         |

| State            |   S. No. | City        |
|------------------|----------|-------------|
|                  |       48 | Ujjain      |
|                  |       49 | Gwalior     |
| Maharashtra (18) |       50 | Akola       |
|                  |       51 | Amravati    |
|                  |       52 | Aurangabad  |
|                  |       53 | Badlapur    |
|                  |       54 | Chandrapur  |
|                  |       55 | Jalgaon     |
|                  |       56 | Jalna       |
|                  |       57 | Kolhapur    |
|                  |       58 | Latur       |
|                  |       59 | Mumbai      |
|                  |       60 | Nagpur      |
|                  |       61 | Nashik      |
|                  |       62 | Navi Mumbai |
|                  |       63 | Pune        |
|                  |       64 | Sangli      |
|                  |       65 | Solapur     |
|                  |       66 | Ulhasnagar  |
|                  |       67 | Thane       |
| Meghalaya (01)   |       68 | Byrnihat    |
| Nagaland (02)    |       69 | Dimapur     |
|                  |       70 | Kohima      |
| Orissa (07)      |       71 | Angul       |
|                  |       72 | Balasore    |
|                  |       73 | Bhubaneswar |
|                  |       74 | Cuttack     |
|                  |       75 | Rourkela    |
|                  |       76 | Talcher     |

| State              |   S. No. | City                |
|--------------------|----------|---------------------|
|                    |       77 | Kalinga Nagar       |
| Punjab (09)        |       78 | DeraBassi           |
| Punjab (09)        |       79 | Gobindgarh          |
| Punjab (09)        |       80 | Jalandhar           |
| Punjab (09)        |       81 | Khanna              |
| Punjab (09)        |       82 | Ludhiana            |
| Punjab (09)        |       83 | NayaNangal          |
| Punjab (09)        |       84 | Pathankot/Dera Baba |
| Punjab (09)        |       85 | Patiala             |
| Punjab (09)        |       86 | Amritsar            |
| Rajasthan (05)     |       87 | Alwar               |
| Rajasthan (05)     |       88 | Jaipur              |
| Rajasthan (05)     |       89 | Jodhpur             |
| Rajasthan (05)     |       90 | Kota                |
| Rajasthan (05)     |       91 | Udaipur             |
| Tamilnadu(03)      |       92 | Thoothukudi         |
| Tamilnadu(03)      |       93 | Trichy              |
| Tamilnadu(03)      |       94 | Madurai             |
| Telangana (04)     |       95 | Hyderabad           |
| Telangana (04)     |       96 | Nalgonda            |
| Telangana (04)     |       97 | Patancheruvu        |
| Telangana (04)     |       98 | Sangareddy          |
| Uttar Pradesh (16) |       99 | Agra                |
| Uttar Pradesh (16) |      100 | Allahabad           |
| Uttar Pradesh (16) |      101 | Anpara              |
| Uttar Pradesh (16) |      102 | Bareily             |
| Uttar Pradesh (16) |      103 | Firozabad           |
| Uttar Pradesh (16) |      104 | Gajraula            |
| Uttar Pradesh (16) |      105 | Ghaziabad           |

| State                                                                        | S. No.                                                                       | City                                                                         |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                              | 106.                                                                         | Jhansi                                                                       |
|                                                                              | 107.                                                                         | Kanpur                                                                       |
|                                                                              | 108.                                                                         | Khurja                                                                       |
|                                                                              | 109.                                                                         | Lucknow                                                                      |
|                                                                              | 110.                                                                         | Moradabad                                                                    |
|                                                                              | 111.                                                                         | Noida                                                                        |
|                                                                              | 112.                                                                         | Raebareli                                                                    |
|                                                                              | 113.                                                                         | Varanasi                                                                     |
|                                                                              | 114.                                                                         | Gorakhpur                                                                    |
| Uttarakhand(03)                                                              | 115.                                                                         | Kashipur                                                                     |
|                                                                              | 116.                                                                         | Rishikesh                                                                    |
|                                                                              | 117.                                                                         | Dehradun                                                                     |
| West Bengal (07)                                                             | 118.                                                                         | Kolkata                                                                      |
|                                                                              | 119.                                                                         | Asansol                                                                      |
|                                                                              | 120.                                                                         | Barrackpore                                                                  |
|                                                                              | 121.                                                                         | Durgapur                                                                     |
|                                                                              | 122.                                                                         | Haldia                                                                       |
|                                                                              | 123.                                                                         | Howrah                                                                       |
|                                                                              | 124.                                                                         | Raniganj                                                                     |
| Million plus cities which are not non-attainment but funded under XV-Finance | Million plus cities which are not non-attainment but funded under XV-Finance | Million plus cities which are not non-attainment but funded under XV-Finance |
| Gujarat (1)                                                                  | 125.                                                                         | Rajkot                                                                       |
| Haryana (1)                                                                  | 126.                                                                         | Faridabad                                                                    |
| Jharkhand (2)                                                                | 127.                                                                         | Jamshedpur                                                                   |
|                                                                              | 128.                                                                         | Ranchi                                                                       |
| Madhya Pradesh (1)                                                           | 129.                                                                         | Jabalpur                                                                     |
| Uttar Pradesh (1)                                                            | 130.                                                                         | Meerut                                                                       |
| Maharashtra (1)                                                              | 131.                                                                         | Vasai-Virar                                                                  |
| Tamilnadu (1)                                                                | 132.                                                                         | Chennai                                                                      |

## Annexure referred to in reply to parts (b) and (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 62 to be answered on 18.07.2022, by Shri Kotha Prabhakar Reddy and Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat

## Measures taken by the Government for Air Quality Management

## Vehicular Pollution Control

-  Leapfrogging from BS-IV to BS-VI norms for fuel and vehicles since April, 2020.
-  Network of Metro rails for public transport are enhanced and more cities are covered.
-  Development of Expressway and Highways are also reducing the fuel consumption and pollution.
-  Introduction of cleaner/alternate fuels like CNG, LPG, ethanol blending in petrol.
-  Faster  Adoption  and  Manufacturing  of  Electric  Vehicles  (FAME)  -2  scheme  has  been rolled out.
-  Permit requirement for electric vehicles has been exempted.
-  Promotion of public transport and improvements in roads and building of more bridges to ease congestion on roads.

## Industrial Pollution Control

-  Stringent emission norms for Coal based Thermal Power Plants (TPPs).
-  Pet coke and furnace oil have been banned as fuel in Delhi and NCR States.
-  Shifting of industrial units to PNG.
-  Installation of online continuous  emission  monitoring  devices  in  highly  polluting industries.
-  Shifting of Brick kilns to zig-zag technology for reduction of pollution

## Waste Management

-  Notifications of 6 waste management rules covering solid waste, plastic waste, e-waste, bio-medical waste, C&D waste and hazardous waste.
-  Setting up infrastructure such as waste processing plants.
-  Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for plastic and e-waste management.
-  Ban on burning of biomass/garbage.

## Crop Residue Management

-  Under 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',  agricultural  machines  and  equipment  for  in-situ  crop  residue  management  are promoted with 50% subsidy to the individual farmers and 80% subsidy for establishment of Custom Hiring Centres.
-  Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) has been launched as an initiative to set up Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) production plants and make CBG available in the market for use in automotive fuels.

## Monitoring of Ambient Air Quality

-  Expansion of air quality monitoring network of manual as well as continuous monitoring stations under programmes such as National Air Monitoring Programme (NAMP).
-  Initiation  of  pilot  projects  to  assess  alternate  ambient  monitoring  technologies  such  as low-cost sensors and satellite-based monitoring.
-  Implementation of Air Quality Early Warning System for Delhi, Kanpur and Lucknow. The system provides alerts for taking timely actions