Lok Sabha Question No. 3086 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-20
Subject: NCAP Cities/Towns
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Jagannath Sarkar, Shyam Yadav Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3086

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.03.2023

## NCAP Cities/Towns

3086.   SHRI JAGANNATH SARKAR: SHRI SHYAM SINGH YADAV:

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

- (a) whether the Government is cognizant of the inadequate annual Ambient Air Quality data on PM 2.5 in many NCAP cities/towns;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether initiatives have been taken to bridge the data gap on PM 2.5 among NCAP cities/towns considering it is a major source of air pollution; 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), (b), (c) and (d):

Out of 131 cities covered under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), ambient air quality data for Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM2.5) is monitored in 112 cities.  The details of monitoring stations  established  for  monitoring  PM2.5  concentrations  in  112  cities  are  provided  at Annexure-I .

Further,  funds  have  been  sanctioned  for  establishing  monitoring  stations  in  remaining  19 cities covered under NCAP for monitoring of PM2.5 concentrations. Details of these 19 cities are provided at Annexure-II .

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Annexure - I

## Details of Monitoring Stations for measuring PM2.5 concentrations in Ambient Air Quality in 112 cities covered under NCAP

| State / Union Territory   | Sl. No.   | City / town                  | No. of ambient air quality monitoring stations   | No. of ambient air quality monitoring stations   | No. of ambient air quality monitoring stations   |
|---------------------------|-----------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| State / Union Territory   |           |                              | Real-time data collection through CAAQM          | Manual Stations                                  | Total                                            |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 1.        | Anatapur                     | 1                                                | 4                                                | 5                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 2.        | Chittor                      | 1                                                | 3                                                | 4                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 3.        | Eluru                        |                                                  | 2                                                | 2                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 4.        | Guntur                       |                                                  | 4                                                | 4                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 5.        | Kadapa                       | 1                                                | 3                                                | 4                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 6.        | Kurnool                      |                                                  | 4                                                | 4                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 7.        | Nellore                      |                                                  | 2                                                | 2                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 8.        | Ongole                       |                                                  | 3                                                | 3                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 9.        | Rajahmundry                  | 1                                                | 1                                                | 2                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 10.       | Srikakulam                   |                                                  | 1                                                | 1                                                |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 11.       | Vijayawada                   | 2                                                | 8                                                | 10                                               |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 12.       | Visakhapatnam                | 1                                                | 9                                                | 10                                               |
| Andhra Pradesh            | 13.       | Vizianagaram                 |                                                  | 3                                                | 3                                                |
| Assam                     | 14.       | Guwahati                     | 4                                                | 3                                                | 7                                                |
| Assam                     | 15.       | Nagaon                       | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
| Assam                     | 16.       | Nalbari                      | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
| Assam                     | 17.       | Silcher                      | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
| Assam                     | 18.       | Sivasagar                    | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
| Bihar                     | 19.       | Gaya                         | 3                                                |                                                  | 3                                                |
| Bihar                     | 20.       | Muzaffarpur                  | 3 6                                              | 1                                                | 4 6                                              |
| Chandigarh (UT)           | 21.       | Patna                        | 3                                                | 5                                                | 8                                                |
| Chattisgarh               | 22. 23.   | Chandigarh Durg-Bhillainagar | 3                                                | 4                                                | 7                                                |
| Chattisgarh               | 24.       | Korba                        | 2                                                | 3                                                | 5                                                |
| Chattisgarh               | 25.       | Raipur                       | 4                                                |                                                  | 4                                                |
| Delhi (UT)                | 26.       | Delhi                        | 40                                               | 7                                                | 47                                               |
| Gujarat                   | 27.       | Ahmedabad                    | 9                                                | 9                                                | 18                                               |
| Gujarat                   | 28.       | Rajkot                       |                                                  | 2                                                | 2                                                |
| Gujarat                   | 29.       | Surat                        |                                                  | 3                                                | 3                                                |
| Gujarat                   | 30.       | Vadodara                     |                                                  | 5                                                | 5                                                |
| Haryana                   | 31.       | Faridabad                    | 4                                                |                                                  | 4                                                |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 32.       | Baddi                        | 1                                                | 1                                                | 2                                                |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 33.       | Damtal                       |                                                  | 2                                                | 2                                                |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 34.       | Kala Amb                     |                                                  | 2                                                | 2                                                |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 35.       | Nalagarh                     |                                                  | 1                                                | 1                                                |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 36.       | Parwanoo                     |                                                  | 2                                                | 2                                                |
| Himachal Pradesh          | 37. 38.   | Poanta Sahib Sunder Nagar    |                                                  | 2                                                | 2                                                |
|                           |           |                              |                                                  | 1                                                | 1                                                |

| State / Union Territory   | Sl. No.   | City / town                 | No. of ambient air quality monitoring stations   | No. of ambient air quality monitoring stations   | No. of ambient air quality monitoring stations   |
|---------------------------|-----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|                           |           |                             | Real-time data collection through CAAQM          | Manual Stations                                  | Total                                            |
| Jammu&                    | 39.       | Jammu                       |                                                  | 6                                                | 6                                                |
| Kashmir (UT)              | 40.       | Srinagar (K)                | 1                                                | 1                                                | 2                                                |
| Karnataka                 | 41.       | Bangalore                   | 12                                               | 8                                                | 20                                               |
|                           | 42.       | Devanagere                  | 1                                                | 1                                                | 2                                                |
|                           | 43.       | Gulbarga / Kalaburgi        | 2                                                | 1                                                | 3                                                |
|                           | 44.       | Hubli-Dharwad               | 3                                                | 2                                                | 5                                                |
| Madhya Pradesh            | 45.       | Bhopal                      | 2                                                | 7                                                | 9                                                |
|                           | 46.       | Dewas                       | 1                                                | 3                                                | 4                                                |
|                           | 47.       | Gwalior                     | 4                                                | 3                                                | 7                                                |
|                           | 48.       | Indore                      | 1                                                | 3                                                | 4                                                |
|                           | 49.       | Jabalpur                    | 1                                                | 2                                                | 3                                                |
|                           | 50.       | Sagar                       | 2                                                | 2                                                | 4                                                |
|                           | 51.       | Ujjain                      | 1                                                | 4                                                | 5                                                |
| Maharashtra               | 52.       | Aurangabad                  | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
|                           | 53.       | Chandrapur                  | 2                                                |                                                  | 2                                                |
|                           | 54.       | Mumbai                      | 20                                               | 1                                                | 21                                               |
|                           | 55.       | Nagpur                      | 1                                                | 1                                                | 2                                                |
|                           | 56.       | Nashik                      | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
|                           | 57.       | Navi Mumbai                 | 4                                                |                                                  | 4                                                |
|                           | 58.       | Pune                        | 8                                                |                                                  | 8                                                |
|                           | 59.       | Solapur                     | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
|                           | 60.       | Thane                       | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
|                           | 61.       | Vasai-virar                 | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
| Meghalaya                 | 62.       | Byrnihat                    |                                                  | 1                                                | 1                                                |
| Nagaland                  | 63.       | Kohima Angul                | 1                                                | 3                                                | 1 3                                              |
| Odisha                    | 64. 65.   | Balasore                    |                                                  | 3                                                | 3                                                |
|                           | 66.       | Bhubaneshwar                |                                                  | 6                                                | 6                                                |
|                           | 67.       | Cuttack                     |                                                  | 3                                                | 3                                                |
|                           | 68.       | Kalinga Nagar               |                                                  | 1                                                | 1                                                |
|                           | 69.       | Rourkela                    | 3                                                | 4                                                | 7                                                |
|                           | 70.       | Talcher                     | 1                                                | 3                                                | 4                                                |
|                           | 71.       | Amritsar                    | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
| Punjab                    | 72.       | Gobindgarh Mandi Gobindgarh | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
|                           | 73.       | Jalandhar                   | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
|                           | 74.       | Khanna                      | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
|                           | 75.       | Ludhiana                    | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
|                           | 76.       | Patiala                     | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
| Rajasthan                 | 77.       | Alwar                       | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
|                           | 78.       | Jaipur                      | 3                                                |                                                  | 3                                                |

| State / Union Territory   | Sl. No.   | City / town             | No. of ambient air quality monitoring stations   | No. of ambient air quality monitoring stations   | No. of ambient air quality monitoring stations   |
|---------------------------|-----------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| State / Union Territory   | Sl. No.   | City / town             | Real-time data collection through CAAQM          | Manual Stations                                  | Total                                            |
|                           | 79.       | Jodhpur                 | 2                                                |                                                  | 2                                                |
|                           | 80.       | Kota                    | 3                                                |                                                  | 3                                                |
|                           | 81.       | Udaipur                 | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
| Tamilnadu                 | 82.       | Chennai                 | 9                                                | 9                                                | 18                                               |
|                           | 83.       | Madurai                 |                                                  | 3                                                | 3                                                |
|                           | 84.       | Trichy                  |                                                  | 5                                                | 5                                                |
|                           | 85.       | Tuticorin / Thoothukudi | 1                                                | 3                                                | 4                                                |
|                           | 86.       | Hyderabad               | 12                                               | 8                                                | 20                                               |
| Telangana                 | 87.       | Nalgonda                |                                                  | 1                                                | 1                                                |
|                           | 88.       | Patencheru              | 1                                                | 1                                                | 2                                                |
|                           | 89.       | Sangareddy              | 1                                                | 3                                                | 4                                                |
| Uttar Pradesh             | 90.       | Agra                    | 6                                                | 6                                                | 12                                               |
|                           | 91.       | Allahabad               | 3                                                |                                                  | 3                                                |
|                           | 92.       | Bareily                 | 2                                                | 2                                                | 4                                                |
|                           | 93.       | Firozabad               | 2                                                |                                                  | 2                                                |
|                           | 94.       | Ghaziabad               | 4                                                | 4                                                | 8                                                |
|                           | 95.       | Gorakhpur               | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
|                           | 96.       | Jhansi                  | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
|                           | 97.       | Kanpur                  | 4                                                | 1                                                | 5                                                |
|                           | 98.       | Khurja                  | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
|                           | 99.       | Lucknow                 | 7                                                | 4                                                | 11                                               |
|                           | 100.      | Meerut                  | 3                                                |                                                  | 3                                                |
|                           | 101.      | Moradabad               | 7                                                |                                                  | 7                                                |
|                           | 102.      | Noida                   | 4                                                |                                                  |                                                  |
|                           | 103.      | Varanasi                | 4                                                | 4                                                | 8 4                                              |
| Uttarakhand               | 104.      | Dehradun                | 1                                                | 3                                                | 4                                                |
|                           | 105.      | Kashipur                | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
|                           | 106.      | Rishikesh               | 1                                                |                                                  | 1                                                |
| West Bengal               | 107.      | Asansol                 | 1                                                | 1                                                | 2                                                |
|                           | 108.      | Barrckpore              |                                                  | 1                                                | 1                                                |
|                           | 109.      | Durgapur                | 1                                                | 1                                                | 2                                                |
|                           | 110.      | Haldia                  | 1                                                | 1                                                | 2                                                |
|                           | 111.      | Howrah                  | 3                                                | 2                                                | 5                                                |
|                           | 112.      | Kolkata                 | 7                                                | 5                                                | 12                                               |
|                           |           |                         | 274                                              | 237                                              | 511                                              |

Annexure - II

List of cities in which funds sanctioned for establishing monitoring stations to monitor PM2.5 levels in Ambient Air Quality

| State / Union Territory   |   Sl. No. | City / town     |
|---------------------------|-----------|-----------------|
| Jharkhand                 |         1 | Dhanbad         |
| Jharkhand                 |         2 | Jamshedpur      |
| Jharkhand                 |         3 | Ranchi          |
| Maharashtra               |         4 | Akola           |
| Maharashtra               |         5 | Amravati        |
| Maharashtra               |         6 | Badlapur        |
| Maharashtra               |         7 | Jalgaon         |
| Maharashtra               |         8 | Jalna           |
| Maharashtra               |         9 | Kolhapur        |
| Maharashtra               |        10 | Latur           |
| Maharashtra               |        11 | Sangli          |
| Maharashtra               |        12 | Ulhasnagar      |
| Nagaland                  |        13 | Dimapur         |
| Punjab                    |        14 | Dera Baba Nanak |
| Punjab                    |        15 | Dera Bassi      |
| Punjab                    |        16 | Naya Nangal     |
| Uttar Pradesh             |        17 | Anpara          |
| Uttar Pradesh             |        18 | Gajroula        |
| Uttar Pradesh             |        19 | Raibareli       |