Lok Sabha Question No. 3090 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-06
Subject: Air Pollution in Mumbai Metropolitan Region
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3090

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 06.08.2021

## Air Pollution in Mumbai Metropolitan Region

## 3090.  SHRI MANOJ  KOTAK:

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

- (a) whether the air pollution issue faced by Mumbai Metropolitan Region is getting worse day by day;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons for the worsening situation;
- (c) whether the Government and the Central Pollution Control Board has prepared any clean Air Action Plan for the region; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (a) to (d) :

Mumbai Metropolitan Regionhas 05 non-attainment cities based on ambient air quality levels exceeding  national  standards.  Decreasing  trend  for  PM10  levels  have  been  observed  in Mumbai,  Badlapur,  Navi  Mumbai  and  Ulhasnagar  in  2019  as  compared  to  2018.  The  air quality trendsfor past 05 years is enclosed as Annexure .

Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  Change  (MoEF&CC)  has  launched  National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) as a national level strategy for pan India implementation to reduce air pollution levels across the country.

City Specific Clean Air Action Plans have been prepared and rolled out for implementation in Mumbai, Badlapur, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Ulhasnagar and Vasai-Virar. These action plans focus on city specific short/ medium/ long term actions to control air pollution from sources such as vehicular emission, road dust, burning of biomass/ crop/  garbage/  Municipal Solid Waste, landfills, construction activities, industrial emission, etc.The details of City Specific Clean  Air  Action  Plans  action  plan  is  available  at  https://cpcb.nic.in/approved-city-actionplans.

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Annexure

## Non-Attainment cities in Mumbai Metropolitan Region with respect to Ambient Air Quality (Manual monitoring NAMP data 2015-2019)

(Annual average concentration of PM10)

| City/Town/Village   |   Annual average of PM 10 in µg/m 3 |   Annual average of PM 10 in µg/m 3 |   Annual average of PM 10 in µg/m 3 |   Annual average of PM 10 in µg/m 3 |   Annual average of PM 10 in µg/m 3 |
|---------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| City/Town/Village   |                                2015 |                                2016 |                                2017 |                                2018 |                                2019 |
| Badlapur            |                                 105 |                                 125 |                                 159 |                                 144 |                                 108 |
| Mumbai              |                                 106 |                                 119 |                                 151 |                                 166 |                                 125 |
| Navi Mumbai         |                                 125 |                                 118 |                                 105 |                                  71 |                                  54 |
| Thane               |                                 117 |                                 122 |                                 125 |                                 108 |                                 128 |
| Ulhasnagar          |                                 107 |                                 118 |                                 149 |                                 122 |                                  94 |

(Annual average concentration of NO2)

| City/Town/Village   |   Annual average of NO2 in µg/m3 |   Annual average of NO2 in µg/m3 |   Annual average of NO2 in µg/m3 |   Annual average of NO2 in µg/m3 |   Annual average of NO2 in µg/m3 |
|---------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| City/Town/Village   |                             2015 |                             2016 |                             2017 |                             2018 |                             2019 |
| Badlapur            |                               55 |                               72 |                               68 |                               67 |                               60 |
| Mumbai              |                               25 |                               30 |                               18 |                               21 |                               27 |
| Navi Mumbai         |                               42 |                               26 |                               45 |                               47 |                               47 |
| Thane               |                               58 |                               60 |                               47 |                               44 |                               37 |
| Ulhasnagar          |                               56 |                               71 |                               67 |                               58 |                               56 |

(Annual average concentration of SO2)

| City/Town/Village   |   Annual average of SO 2 in µg/m 3 |   Annual average of SO 2 in µg/m 3 |   Annual average of SO 2 in µg/m 3 |   Annual average of SO 2 in µg/m 3 |   Annual average of SO 2 in µg/m 3 |
|---------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| City/Town/Village   |                               2015 |                               2016 |                               2017 |                               2018 |                               2019 |
| Badlapur            |                                 21 |                                 25 |                                 26 |                                 24 |                                 27 |
| Mumbai              |                                  4 |                                  6 |                                  3 |                                  2 |                                  2 |
| Navi Mumbai         |                                 18 |                                 19 |                                 22 |                                 19 |                                 17 |
| Thane               |                                 28 |                                 18 |                                 18 |                                 17 |                                 20 |
| Ulhasnagar          |                                 22 |                                 26 |                                 27 |                                 22 |                                 24 |

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