Lok Sabha Question No. 1980 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-13
Subject: National Clean Air Programme
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Vinod Chavda, Arun Sao, Ramya  Haridas, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

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

## LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1980

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.03.2023

## National Clean Air Programme

1980. SHRI VINOD L. CHAVDA, SHRI ARUN SAO, MS. RAMYA HARIDAS, SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

Will the MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- a) the total number of cities covered under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) at present, State-wise including Chhattisgarh;
- b) the number of cities covered under NCAP, which did not meet the prescribed National Ambient Air Quality standards at present;
- c) the details of funds sanctioned and utilized under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in all the selected cities, from 2019 till date, year and city-wise;
- d) the details of projects undertaken and completed under NCAP to reduce concentration of particulate matter;
- e) whether Government is on track to meet its target of reduction of PM 10 and PM 2.5 by 20 to 30 per cent by 2024 and if so, the details thereof with 2017 as the base year and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- f) the fresh steps taken by the Government for strengthening the air quality monitoring net  work,  reducing  vehicular  and  industrial  emissions  increasing  public  awareness etc.?

## ANSWER

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

(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) & (f): Ministry of Environment Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) launched  National  Clean  Air  Programme  (NCAP)  in  January,  2019,  with  an  objective  to improve air quality in Non-attainment cities.  It  is  a  time-bound,  national  level  strategy  for prevention, control and abatement of air pollution in 131 cities across 24 States. State-wise list of 131 cities including cities of Chhattisgarh is enclosed at Annexure-I.

Under the programme, cities are required to undertake air quality improvement measures as part  of  Clean  Air  Action  Plans.  Year-wise  details  of  funds  released  to  131  cities  and utilisation under NCAP are enclosed at Annexure-II. Out of 131 NCAP cities, 95 cities have shown improvement in air quality in terms of Particulate Matter 10 (PM10) concentrations in FY 2021-22 with respect to base year  FY 2017-18. 20 cities have met ambient air quality standard for Particulate Matter10 (PM10) in the FY 2021-22. Detail of air quality status of 95 cities are enclosed at Annexure-III .

Steps taken by the Government for air quality monitoring network, reducing vehicular and industrial emissions and increasing awareness are provided at Annexure-IV .

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## Annexure-I: List of 131 cities under NCAP

|   S. N | State               | City              |
|--------|---------------------|-------------------|
|      1 | Andhra Pradesh (13) | Anantapur*        |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh (13) | Chitoor           |
|      3 | Andhra Pradesh (13) | Eluru             |
|      4 | Andhra Pradesh (13) | Guntur            |
|      5 | Andhra Pradesh (13) | Kadapa            |
|      6 | Andhra Pradesh (13) | Kurnool           |
|      7 | Andhra Pradesh (13) | Nellore           |
|      8 | Andhra Pradesh (13) | Ongole            |
|      9 | Andhra Pradesh (13) | Rajahmundry       |
|     10 | Andhra Pradesh (13) | Srikakulam        |
|     11 | Andhra Pradesh (13) | Vijaywada*        |
|     12 | Andhra Pradesh (13) | Vishakhapatnam*   |
|     13 | Andhra Pradesh (13) | Vizianagaram      |
|     14 | Assam (5)           | Guwahati          |
|     15 | Assam (5)           | Nagaon            |
|     16 | Assam (5)           | Nalbari           |
|     17 | Assam (5)           | Sibsagar          |
|     18 | Assam (5)           | Silcher           |
|     19 | Bihar (3)           | Gaya              |
|     20 | Bihar (3)           | Muzzaffarpur      |
|     21 | Bihar (3)           | Patna*            |
|     22 | Chandigarh (1)      | Chandigarh        |
|     23 | Chandigarh (1)      | *DurgBhillainagar |
|     24 | Chhattisgarh (3)    | Korba             |
|     25 | Chandigarh (1)      | *Raipur           |
|     26 | Delhi (1)           | Delhi             |
|     27 | Gujarat (4)         | Ahmedabad*        |

| 28.                            | Surat*        |
|--------------------------------|---------------|
| 29.                            | Vadodara*     |
| 30.                            | Rajkot*       |
| 31.                            | Baddi         |
| 32.                            | Damtal        |
| 33                             | Kala Amb      |
| Himachal Pradesh (7) 34.       | Nalagarh      |
| 35.                            | Paonta Sahib  |
| 36.                            | Parwanoo      |
| 37.                            | Sunder Nagar  |
| 38.                            | Jammu         |
| Jammu& Kashmir (2) 39.         | Srinagar      |
| 40.                            | Dhanbad*      |
| Jharkhand (3) 41.              | Jamshedpur*   |
| 42.                            | Ranchi*       |
| 43.                            | Bangalore*    |
| Karnataka (4) 44.              | Devangere     |
| 45.                            | Gulburga      |
| 46.                            | Hubli-Dharwad |
| 47.                            | Bhopal*       |
| Madhya Pradesh (7) 48. 49. 50. | Dewas         |
|                                | Gwalior*      |
|                                | Indore*       |
| 51.                            | Jabalpur*     |
| 52.                            | Sagar         |
| 53.                            | Ujjain        |
| 54. Maharashtra (19) 55.       | Akola         |
|                                | Amravati      |
| 56.                            | Aurangabad*   |

|   57. |               | Badlapur*                     |
|-------|---------------|-------------------------------|
|    58 |               | Chandrapur                    |
|    59 |               | Jalgaon                       |
|    60 |               | Jalna                         |
|    61 |               | Kolhapur                      |
|    62 |               | Latur                         |
|    63 |               | Mumbai*                       |
|    64 |               | Nagpur*                       |
|    65 |               | Nashik*                       |
|    66 |               | Navi Mumbai*                  |
|    67 |               | Pune (Hadapsar&Mohammadwadi)* |
|    68 |               | Sangli                        |
|    69 |               | Solapur                       |
|    70 |               | Thane*                        |
|    71 |               | Vasai Virar*                  |
|    72 |               | Ulhasnagar*                   |
|    73 | Meghalaya (1) | Byrnihat                      |
|    74 | Nagaland (2)  | Dimapur                       |
|    75 | Nagaland (2)  | Kohima                        |
|    76 | Orissa (7)    | Angul                         |
|    77 | Orissa (7)    | Balasore                      |
|    78 | Orissa (7)    | Bhubneshwar                   |
|    79 | Orissa (7)    | Cuttack                       |
|    80 | Orissa (7)    | Kalinga Nagar                 |
|    81 | Orissa (7)    | Rourkela                      |
|    82 | Orissa (7)    | Talcher                       |
|    83 | Punjab (9)    | Amritsar*                     |
|    84 | Punjab (9)    | Dera Baba Nanak               |
|    85 | Punjab (9)    | DeraBassi                     |

|   86. |                    | Gobindgarh    |
|-------|--------------------|---------------|
|    87 |                    | Jalandhar     |
|    88 |                    | Khanna        |
|    89 |                    | Ludhiana*     |
|    90 |                    | NayaNangal    |
|    91 |                    | Patiala       |
|    92 | Rajasthan (5)      | Alwar         |
|    93 | Rajasthan (5)      | Jaipur*       |
|    94 | Rajasthan (5)      | Jodhpur*      |
|    95 | Rajasthan (5)      | Kota*         |
|    96 | Rajasthan (5)      | Udaipur       |
|    97 | Tamil Nadu (4)     | Trichy*       |
|    98 | Tamil Nadu (4)     | Tuticorin     |
|    99 | Tamil Nadu (4)     | Chennai*      |
|   100 | Tamil Nadu (4)     | Madurai*      |
|   101 | Telangana (4)      | Hyderabad*    |
|   102 | Telangana (4)      | Nalgonda      |
|   103 | Telangana (4)      | Patencheruvu* |
|   104 | Telangana (4)      | Sangareddy    |
|   105 | Uttar Pradesh (17) | Agra*         |
|   106 | Uttar Pradesh (17) | Allahabad*    |
|   107 | Uttar Pradesh (17) | Anpara        |
|   108 | Uttar Pradesh (17) | Bareily       |
|   109 | Uttar Pradesh (17) | Firozabad     |
|   110 | Uttar Pradesh (17) | Gajraula      |
|   111 | Uttar Pradesh (17) | Ghaziabad*    |
|   112 | Uttar Pradesh (17) | Gorakhpur     |
|   113 | Uttar Pradesh (17) | Jhansi        |
|   114 | Uttar Pradesh (17) | Kanpur*       |

|   115. |                 | Khurja       |
|--------|-----------------|--------------|
|    116 |                 | Lucknow*     |
|    117 |                 | Moradabad    |
|    118 |                 | Noida        |
|    119 |                 | Raebareli    |
|    120 |                 | Varanasi*    |
|    121 |                 | Meerut*      |
|    122 | Uttarakhand (3) | Dehradun     |
|    123 | Uttarakhand (3) | Kashipur     |
|    124 | Uttarakhand (3) | Rishikesh    |
|    125 | West Bengal (6) | Asansol*     |
|    126 | West Bengal (6) | Barrackpore* |
|    127 | West Bengal (6) | Durgapur     |
|    128 | West Bengal (6) | Haldia       |
|    129 | West Bengal (6) | Howrah*      |
|    130 | West Bengal (6) | Kolkata*     |
|    131 | Haryana (1)     | Faridabad*   |

Annexure-II Details of city-wise release and utilisation of funds under NCAP

| Sl No.   | City              | Fund Released under NCAP (Rs. in crore)   | Fund Released under NCAP (Rs. in crore)   | Fund Released under NCAP (Rs. in crore)   | Fund Released under NCAP (Rs. in crore)   | Fund Released under NCAP (Rs. in crore)   | Utilisatio n (in Rs. Crore)   |
|----------|-------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
| Sl No.   | City              | FY 2019- 20                               | FY 2020- 21                               | FY 2021- 22                               | FY 2022- 23                               | Total                                     | Utilisatio n (in Rs. Crore)   |
| 1        | Srikakulam        | 0.00                                      | 2.00                                      | 0.49                                      | 0.73                                      | 3.22                                      | 2.49                          |
| 2        | Chittoor          | 0.00                                      | 2.00                                      | 0.46                                      | 1.21                                      | 3.67                                      | 2.46                          |
| 3        | Ongole            | 0.00                                      | 2.00                                      | 0.64                                      | 1.70                                      | 4.34                                      | 2.64                          |
| 4        | Vizianagaram      | 0.00                                      | 2.00                                      | 0.83                                      | 1.23                                      | 4.06                                      | 2.83                          |
| 5        | Eluru             | 0.00                                      | 2.00                                      | 0.82                                      | 1.22                                      | 4.04                                      | 2.82                          |
| 6        | Rajamahendravaram | 0.00                                      | 2.00                                      | 1.13                                      | 1.69                                      | 4.82                                      | 3.38                          |
| 7        | Anantapur         | 0.00                                      | 2.00                                      | 1.04                                      | 3.03                                      | 6.07                                      | 3.04                          |
| 8        | Kadapa            | 0.00                                      | 1.00                                      | 0.83                                      | 1.23                                      | 3.06                                      | 1.83                          |
| 9        | Vijayawada*       | 6.00                                      | 62.00                                     | 38.85                                     | 24.00                                     | 130.85                                    | 6.06                          |
| 10       | Guntur            | 0.12                                      | 0.76                                      | 1.96                                      | 2.92                                      | 5.76                                      | 2.84                          |
| 11       | Kurnool           | 0.06                                      | 0.76                                      | 1.36                                      | 2.03                                      | 4.21                                      | 2.18                          |
| 12       | Nellore           | 0.06                                      | 0.76                                      | 1.92                                      | 5.57                                      | 8.31                                      | 2.74                          |
| 13       | Visakhapatnam*    | 0.12                                      | 73.00                                     | 27.75                                     | 28.50                                     | 129.37                                    | 0.12                          |
| 14       | Guwahati          | 0.12                                      | 5.00                                      | 0.00                                      | 18.34                                     | 23.46                                     | 3.98                          |
| 15       | Nagaon            | 0.06                                      | 2.00                                      | 0.00                                      | 1.32                                      | 3.38                                      | 1.57                          |
| 16       | Nalbari           | 0.06                                      | 2.00                                      | 0.00                                      | 0.45                                      | 2.51                                      | 1.34                          |
| 17       | Sibsagar          | 0.06                                      | 2.00                                      | 0.00                                      | 0.64                                      | 2.70                                      | 1.57                          |
| 18       | Silchar           | 0.06                                      | 1.00                                      | 0.00                                      | 0.45                                      | 1.51                                      | 1.51                          |
| 19       | *Patna            | 10.0                                      | 204.00                                    | 84.57                                     | 0.00                                      | 298.57                                    | 9.38                          |
| 20       | Gaya              | 0.10                                      | 2.00                                      | 1.90                                      | 2.80                                      | 6.80                                      | 4.00                          |
| 21       | Muzaffarpur       | 0.10                                      | 5.00                                      | 2.50                                      | 3.76                                      | 11.36                                     | 7.60                          |
| 22       | Chandigarh        | 8.28                                      | 5.00                                      | 4.61                                      | 5.16                                      | 23.05                                     | 17.45                         |
| 23       | Delhi             | 0.00                                      | 0.00                                      | 11.25                                     | 22.50                                     | 33.75                                     | 11.25                         |
| 24       | *Raipur           | 6.00                                      | 55.00                                     | 35.35                                     | 29.00                                     | 125.35                                    | 13.06                         |
| 25       | *Bhilainagar      | 6.00                                      | 52.00                                     | 33.35                                     | 27.00                                     | 118.35                                    |                               |
| 26       | Korba             | 0.06                                      | 1.00                                      | 0.00                                      | 1.94                                      | 3.00                                      |                               |
| 27       | *Surat            | 6.00                                      | 131.00                                    | 72.43                                     | 51.75                                     | 261.18                                    | 6.00                          |
| 28       | *Ahmedabad        | 6.00                                      | 182.00                                    | 92.00                                     | 71.25                                     | 351.25                                    | 6.00                          |
| 29 30    | *Rajkot *Vadodara | 0.00                                      | 40.00                                     | 27.35                                     | 15.75                                     | 83.10 98.18                               | 0.38                          |
|          |                   | 0.00                                      | 52.00                                     | 25.93                                     | 20.25                                     |                                           | 35.05                         |
| 31       | *Faridabad        | 0.00                                      | 48.00                                     | 6.25                                      | 0.00                                      | 54.25                                     | 8.53                          |
| 32       | Baddi             | 0.06                                      |                                           | 0.20                                      | 0.52                                      | 3.78                                      | 3.00                          |
| 33       | Nalagarh          | 0.06                                      | 3.00                                      | 0.06                                      | 0.57                                      | 0.69                                      |                               |
| 34       | Paonta Sahib      | 0.06                                      | 1.00                                      | 0.10                                      | 0.45                                      | 1.61                                      | 0.79                          |
| 35       | Sunder Nagar      | 0.06                                      | 1.00                                      | 0.08                                      | 0.66                                      | 1.80                                      | 1.05                          |

| 36    | Damtal            | 0.00      | 1.00      | 0.01      | 0.45      | 1.46      | 0.71      |
|-------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 37    | Parwanoo          | 0.00      | 1.00      | 0.03      | 0.49      | 1.52      | 1.00      |
| 38    | Kala Amb          | 0.00      | 3.00      | 0.00      | 0.45      | 3.45      | 2.71      |
| 39    | Jammu             | 0.12      | 3.00      | 4.89      | 7.29      | 15.30     | 1.94      |
| 40    | Srinagar          | 0.00      | 5.00      | 7.95      | 22.78     | 35.73     | 3.20      |
| 41    | *Dhanbad          | 6.00      | 52.00     | 11.09     | 0.00      | 69.09     | 3.00      |
| 42    | *Jamshedpur       | 0.00      | 58.00     | 36.35     | 22.50     | 116.85    | 5.41      |
| 43    | *Ranchi           | 0.00      | 49.00     | 25.00     | 19.50     | 93.50     | 10.66     |
| 44    | *Bangalore        | 6.00      | 279.00    | 147.35    | 108.75    | 541.10    | 0         |
| 45    | Gulburga          | 0.12      | 0.38      | 2.24      | 4.20      | 6.94      | 2.74      |
| 46    | Hubli-Dharwad     | 0.12      | 0.38      | 3.68      | 7.56      | 11.74     | 4.18      |
| 47    | Devanagere        | 0.06      | 0.76      | 1.40      | 3.06      | 5.28      | 2.22      |
| 48    | *Bhopal           | 10.00     | 88.00     | 51.35     | 34.50     | 183.85    | 123.3     |
| 49    | *Gwalior          | 10.00     | 51.00     | 13.85     | 20.25     | 95.10     | 46.32     |
| 50    | *Indore           | 0.20      | 101.00    | 51.00     | 39.75     | 191.95    | 152.68    |
| 51    | *Jabalpur         | 0.00      | 59.00     | 30.00     | 23.35     | 112.35    | 59        |
| 52    | Ujjain            | 0.20      | 0.38      | 2.33      | 3.47      | 6.38      | 0.57      |
| 53    | Sagar             | 0.10      | 0.76      | 1.34      | 2.02      | 4.22      | 0.86      |
| 54    | Dewas             | 0.10      | 0.38      | 1.33      | 3.53      | 5.34      | 0.45      |
| 55    | *Mumbai           | 9.50      | 488.00    | 250.59    | 190.50    | 938.59    | 7.74      |
| 56    | *Nagpur           | 9.45      | 66.00     | 40.35     | 26.25     | 142.05    | 2.86      |
| 57    | *Navi Mumbai      | 9.45      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 9.45      | 2.19      |
| 58    | *Pune             | 9.45      | 134.00    | 75.35     | 52.50     | 271.30    | 8.77      |
| 59    | Amravati          | 0.20      | 1.14      | 2.91      | 11.12     | 15.37     | 0.83      |
| 60    | *Aurangabad       | 0.20      | 32.00     | 23.35     | 12.75     | 68.30     | 0.18      |
| 61    | *Nashik           | 0.20      | 41.00     | 28.35     | 22.00     | 91.55     | 0.14      |
| 62    | Kolhapur          | 0.20      | 0.76      | 0.00      | 9.33      | 10.29     | 0.10      |
| 63    | Sangli            | 0.20      | 0.76      | 1.72      | 6.66      | 9.34      | 1.11      |
| 64    | Solapur           | 0.20      | 0.38      | 4.20      | 18.32     | 23.10     | 0.40      |
| 65    | *Ulhasnagar       | 0.20      | 1.90      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 2.10      | 1.34      |
| 66    | Akola             | 0.10      | 1.14      | 1.47      | 5.00      | 7.71      | 0.85      |
| 67    | *Badlapur         | 0.10      | 1.90      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 2.00      | 1.34      |
| 68    | Chandrapur        | 0.10      | 1.14      | 0.00      | 2.96      | 4.20      | 0.11      |
| 69    | Jalgaon           | 0.10      | 0.76      | 0.00      | 2.66      | 3.52      | 0.76      |
| 70    | Jalna             | 0.10      | 1.14      | 0.00      | 3.24      | 4.48      | 0.74      |
| 71    | Latur             | 0.10      | 0.38      | 1.60      | 6.54      | 8.62      | 0.46      |
| 72    | *Thane            | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0.00      | 0         |
| 73    | *Vasai-virar      | 0.00      | 32.00     | 23.35     | 17.00     | 72.35     | 3.4       |
| 74    | Byrnihat          | 0.00      | 3.00      | 0.00      | 0.11      | 3.11      | 1.97      |
| 75    | Dimapur           | 0.06      | 3.00      | 0.53      | 1.79      | 5.38      | 3.59      |
| 76    | Kohima            | 0.06      | 3.00      | 0.40      | 1.56      | 5.02      | 3.46      |
| 77    | Kalinga Nagar     | 0.00      | 3.00      | 0.00      | 0.45      | 3.45      | 3.00      |
| 78    | Cuttack           | 6.00      |           |           | 12.28     | 21.70     | 7.96      |
| 79    | Bhubaneswar       |           | 0.00      | 3.42      | 14.87     | 14.87     |           |
| 80 81 | Balasore Rourkela | 0.06 0.06 | 0.76 1.14 | 0.00 0.00 | 2.30 7.25 | 3.12 8.45 | 1.01 1.20 |

|   82 | Talcher               | 0.06   | 1.14   | 0.22   |   0.92 |   2.34 | 1.96   |
|------|-----------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|   83 | Angul                 |        |        |        |   0.45 |   0.45 |        |
|   84 | *Ludhiana             | 6.00   | 52.00  | 19.50  |  20.25 |  97.75 | 28.1   |
|   85 | *Amritsar             | 6.00   | 38.00  | 14.25  |  15    |  73.25 | 8.81   |
|   86 | Jalandhar             | 0.12   | 4.00   | 0.00   |  10.63 |  14.75 | 0.27   |
|   87 | Khanna                | 0.06   | 1.90   | 0.00   |   1.4  |   3.36 | 0.51   |
|   88 | Gobindgarh            | 0.06   | 3.00   | 0.00   |   1.84 |   4.9  | 0.23   |
|   89 | Naya Nangal           | 0.06   | 1.00   | 0.00   |   1.01 |   2.07 | 0.08   |
|   90 | Pathankot/Dera Baba   | 0.06   | 0.76   | 0.00   |   1.91 |   2.73 | 0.25   |
|   91 | Patiala               | 0.06   | 4.00   | 0.00   |   4.49 |   8.55 | 0.40   |
|   92 | Dera Bassi            | 0.06   | 0.38   | 0.00   |   0.45 |   0.89 | 0.41   |
|   93 | *Jaipur               | 6.00   | 165.00 | 90.35  |  64.5  | 325.85 | 5.83   |
|   94 | *Jodhpur              | 6.00   | 62.00  | 12.34  |   0    |  80.34 | 4.71   |
|   95 | *Kota                 | 6.00   | 54.00  | 20.20  |  21    | 101.2  | 24.52  |
|   96 | Alwar                 | 0.06   | 1.90   | 0.00   |   7.66 |   9.62 | 1.50   |
|   97 | Udaipur               | 0.06   | 1.90   | 0.00   |  10.6  |  12.56 | 1.52   |
|   98 | *Chennai              | 0.00   | 181.00 | 91.00  |  95    | 367    | 272.51 |
|   99 | *Madurai              | 0.00   | 31.00  | 22.35  |  16    |  69.35 | 46     |
|  100 | *Trichy               | 0.00   | 21.00  | 18.35  |  11    |  50.35 | 9.763  |
|  101 | Tuticorn/Thoothukud i | 0.06   | 3.00   | 0.00   |   4.13 |   7.19 | 2.38   |
|  102 | *Hyderabad            | 10.8   | 234.00 | 118.00 |  91.5  | 454.3  | 283.61 |
|  103 | Nalgonda              | 0.1    | 0.38   | 0.47   |   0.7  |   1.65 | 0.95   |
|  104 | *Patancheru           | 0.1    | 0.38   | 0.00   |   0    |   0.48 | 0.48   |
|  105 | Sangareddy            | 0      | 2.00   | 0.32   |   0.65 |   2.97 | 1.90   |
|  106 | *Agra                 | 9.45   | 90.00  | 11.25  |  35.25 | 145.95 | 35.82  |
|  107 | *Allahabad/Prayagraj  | 9.45   | 62.00  | 38.35  |  32    | 141.8  | 54.21  |
|  108 | *Kanpur               | 9.45   | 148.00 | 63.60  |   0    | 221.05 | 126.73 |
|  109 | *Lucknow              | 9.45   | 148.00 | 25.18  |  77    | 259.63 | 128.8  |
|  110 | *Varanasi             | 9.47   | 73.00  | 35.10  |  38    | 155.57 | 14.62  |
|  111 | *Meerut               | 0.00   | 72.00  | 13.59  |  28.5  | 114.09 | 27.58  |
|  112 | *Ghaziabad            | 0.00   | 121.00 | 15.25  |   0    | 136.25 | 39.78  |
|  113 | Moradabad             | 0.2    | 1.90   | 0.00   |  30.85 |  32.95 | 1.38   |
|  114 | Bareily               | 0.2    | 1.90   | 0.00   |  21.4  |  23.5  | 2.10   |
|  115 | Firozabad             | 0.2    | 1.90   | 0.00   |  17.5  |  19.6  | 1.60   |
|  116 | Jhansi                | 0.2    | 1.14   | 0.00   |   5.3  |   6.64 | 1.09   |
|  117 | Khurja                | 0.1    | 1.90   | 0.00   |   6.47 |   8.47 | 1.60   |
|  118 | Anpara                | 0.1    | 1.14   | 0.00   |   0.66 |   1.9  | 0.52   |
|  119 | Gajraula              | 0.1    | 1.14   | 0.00   |   2.26 |   3.5  | 0.52   |
|  120 | Raebareli             | 0.1    | 1.14   | 0.00   |   5.46 |   6.7  | 0.83   |
|  121 | Gorakhpur             | 0.00   | 0.00   | 9.64   |  25.9  |  35.54 | 0      |
|  122 | Noida                 | 0.00   | 0.00   | 6.67   |  14.2  |  20.87 | 0      |
|  123 | Kashipur              | 0.06   | 3.00   | 0.79   |   2.4  |   6.25 | 3.15   |
|  124 | Rishikesh             | 0.06   | 5.00   | 0.00   |   2.5  |   7.56 | 2.83   |
|  125 | Dehardun              | 0.00   | 3.00   | 4.88   |  17.4  |  25.28 | 2.18   |

| 126   | *Kolkata             | 6.00    | 385.00   | 145.50   | 150.75   | 687.25   |   217.6 |
|-------|----------------------|---------|----------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
| 127   | *Howrah              | 0.00    | 5.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     | 5.00     |    4.99 |
| 128   | Haldia               | 0.00    | 3.00     | 0.00     | 1.49     | 4.49     |    3.76 |
| 129   | Durgapur             | 0.00    | 3.00     | 0.00     | 7.68     | 10.68    |    3.84 |
| 130   | *Barrackpore         | 0.00    | 2.00     | 0.00     | 0.00     | 2.00     |    1.86 |
| 131   | *Raniganj/Asansol UA | 0.00    | 34.00    | 20.10    | 13.50    | 67.60    |    0    |
|       |                      | 224.9 2 | 4550.5 2 | 2122.0 4 | 2018.5 2 | 8916.0 0 | 2019.48 |

Annexure-III Details of air quality of status of 95 cities under NCAP

|   Sl. No. | Name of City      |   Average concentration of PM 10 (µg/m 3 ) (FY 2017-18) |   Average concentration ofPM 10 (µg/m 3 ) (FY 2021-22) |
|-----------|-------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Anantpur          |                                                      78 |                                                     52 |
|         2 | Chittur           |                                                      70 |                                                     49 |
|         3 | Eluru             |                                                      72 |                                                     65 |
|         4 | Guntur            |                                                      66 |                                                     58 |
|         5 | Kadapa            |                                                      75 |                                                     54 |
|         6 | Kurnool           |                                                      79 |                                                     61 |
|         7 | Nellore           |                                                      64 |                                                     55 |
|         8 | Ongole            |                                                      65 |                                                     52 |
|         9 | Rajamahendravaram |                                                      85 |                                                     68 |
|        10 | Vijayawada        |                                                      91 |                                                     67 |
|        11 | Vizhianagaram     |                                                      72 |                                                     71 |
|        12 | Silchar           |                                                      49 |                                                     45 |
|        13 | Sivasagar         |                                                      73 |                                                     47 |
|        14 | Patna             |                                                     172 |                                                    145 |
|        15 | Chandigarh        |                                                     114 |                                                     97 |
|        16 | Durg Bhilainagar  |                                                      86 |                                                     58 |
|        17 | Raipur            |                                                      70 |                                                     61 |
|        18 | Delhi             |                                                     241 |                                                    196 |
|        19 | Ahmedabad         |                                                     164 |                                                    113 |
|        20 | Rajkot            |                                                     150 |                                                    116 |

|   21 | Surat          |   130 |   100 |
|------|----------------|-------|-------|
|   22 | Vadodara       |   133 |   121 |
|   23 | Baddi          |   174 |   132 |
|   24 | Kala Amb       |   118 |   114 |
|   25 | Nalagarh       |   146 |    84 |
|   26 | Parwanoo       |    66 |    35 |
|   27 | Sunder Nagar   |    78 |    47 |
|   28 | Dhanbad        |   315 |   235 |
|   29 | Jamshedpur     |   135 |   110 |
|   30 | Ranchi         |   141 |   110 |
|   31 | Bengaluru      |    92 |    67 |
|   32 | Devangere      |    74 |    57 |
|   33 | Hubli-Dharwad  |    79 |    68 |
|   34 | Dewas          |    83 |    81 |
|   35 | Gwalior        |   126 |   109 |
|   36 | Akola          |   111 |    64 |
|   37 | Amravati       |   102 |    66 |
|   38 | Badlapur       |   160 |    94 |
|   39 | Chandrapur     |   118 |   104 |
|   40 | Greater Mumbai |   161 |   106 |
|   41 | Jalgaon        |    70 |    59 |
|   42 | Jalna          |    99 |    93 |
|   43 | Kolhapur       |    89 |    81 |
|   44 | Latur          |    82 |    57 |
|   45 | Nagpur         |   100 |    68 |
|   46 | Nashik         |    82 |    59 |
|   47 | Pune           |   102 |    85 |

|   48 | Sangli           |   87 |   60 |
|------|------------------|------|------|
|   49 | Solapur          |   81 |   60 |
|   50 | Thane            |  138 |  130 |
|   51 | Ulhasnagar       |  153 |   77 |
|   52 | Dimapur          |  142 |   84 |
|   53 | Kohima           |  127 |   69 |
|   54 | Balasore         |   84 |   74 |
|   55 | Cuttack          |   93 |   90 |
|   56 | Talcher          |  113 |   81 |
|   57 | Amritsar         |  189 |  118 |
|   58 | Dera Baba Nanak  |   79 |   71 |
|   59 | Jalandhar        |  178 |  130 |
|   60 | Khanna           |  142 |  106 |
|   61 | Ludhiana         |  168 |  150 |
|   62 | Mandi Gobindgarh |  148 |  122 |
|   63 | Naya Nangal      |   87 |   70 |
|   64 | Jaipur           |  172 |  126 |
|   65 | Alwar            |  152 |  112 |
|   66 | Jodhpur          |  189 |  161 |
|   67 | Kota             |  139 |  112 |
|   68 | Udaipur          |  127 |  122 |
|   69 | Chennai          |   66 |   57 |
|   70 | Madurai          |   72 |   53 |
|   71 | Trichy           |   88 |   45 |
|   72 | Tuticorin        |  123 |   67 |
|   73 | Hyderabad        |  110 |   88 |
|   74 | Sangareddy       |   85 |   83 |

|   75 | Agra        |   202 |   146 |
|------|-------------|-------|-------|
|   76 | Allahabad   |   169 |   119 |
|   77 | Ghaziabad   |   285 |   216 |
|   78 | Kanpur      |   227 |   170 |
|   79 | Lucknow     |   253 |   148 |
|   80 | Varanasi    |   230 |   114 |
|   81 | Anpara      |   175 |   154 |
|   82 | Bareily     |   207 |   175 |
|   83 | Firozabad   |   247 |   137 |
|   84 | Gajraula    |   204 |   155 |
|   85 | Gorakpur    |   150 |   122 |
|   86 | Khurja      |   195 |   173 |
|   87 | Moradabad   |   222 |   155 |
|   88 | Noida       |   229 |   203 |
|   89 | Raebareli   |   145 |   112 |
|   90 | Dehradun    |   250 |   146 |
|   91 | Rishikesh   |   129 |   117 |
|   92 | Asansol     |   147 |   112 |
|   93 | Barrackpore |    86 |    85 |
|   94 | Howrah      |   139 |   125 |
|   95 | Kolkata     |   147 |   105 |

## Annexure-IV: Steps taken by the Government for setting up of air quality monitoring network, reducing vehicular and industrial emissions and increasing awareness

## Air Quality Monitoring Network

- i. Strengthening of air quality monitoring network is one of the key components under NMCA
- ii. Alternate  monitoring  techniques  such  as  low-cost  sensor  &  satellite  based monitoring  will be assessed and established for indicative air quality monitoring.  Real  time  or  manual  monitoring  through  low  cost  monitoring system  and  speciation  of  the  pollutants  to  obtain  temporal  variation  for planning the mitigation /abatement measures. Pilot studies to identify reliable low  cost  monitors  for  pan  India  implementation  shall  be  carried  out  by CPCB.
- iii. Rationalized  representation  of  urban,  semi-urban,  rural,  industrial  and  ecosensitive  zones  shall  be  ensured.  The  air  quality  monitoring  data  will  be collated in real time as well as with defined frequency for manual stations for analysis and policy interventions, identification of areas of concern, prioritizing the abatement and control measures for air quality improvement.
- iv. Super  sites  for  monitoring  (for  associated  parameter)  will  be  required  to provide a comprehensive analysis of the air quality with the help of State/UT governments and SPCBs/ PCCs.

## Vehicular Pollution: Steps to mitigate air pollution due to vehicular emissions are:

- i. Promotion of cleaner fuels
2. o Bharat Stage (BS) VI norms have been launched from April 1, 2020. Pan India implementation of BS-VI standards vehicles & fuels shall significantly control emissions from transport sector.
3. o Formulation of national, state and city-specific action plans for e-mobility - with an integral component for management of battery scrap.
4. o Rapid  augmentation  of  charging  infrastructure  in  the  country  focusing non-attainment cities.
5. o LNG/CNG in transport vehicles as fuel
6. o Support  alternate  fuel  research  and  pilot  implementation  -  Hydrogen, Biodiesel/ Ethanol Blends
7. o Strategy to check fuel adulteration
- ii. Strengthen Inspection and Maintenance System
9. o IT  based  stringent  implementation  of  PUC  certificate  through  regular inspection and monitoring.
10. o Increased monitoring of vehicles for both emissions as well as overloading.
- iii. Augment Public Transportation
12. o States/  ULBs shall  plan  /  promote  such  public transport  systems  in 132 cities  concerned  under  the  Missions,  which  are  environment  friendly, energy efficient and causing low carbon emissions conforming to SDGs
13. o Cities shall make endeavour to achieve appropriate service level benchmark as prescribed by MoHUA by augmenting city bus service for increasing share of public transport
14. o Improve last mile connectivity to public transportation networks such as metro stations.
15. o Develop infrastructure for non-motorised transport (NMT) and incentivise use of NMT through schemes such as dedicated parking.
- iv. Fleet modernization and retro-fitment programmes with control devices.
17. o Government-run buses for public transport, private buses, 3-wheelers and 2-wheelers to be converted to EVs.
18. o Central  government  offices  fleets  older  than  15  years  to  be  shifted  to electric vehicles.
19. o Phasing out of old vehicles
20. o Strategize robust vehicle scrapping programme.
- v. Identification traffic  hotspots  and  planning  of  alternate  routes/  bypass/ expressways to manage non-destined traffic in cities.
- vi. Robust  parking  policy  and  parking  infrastructure  to  ensure  free  flowing traffic.

## Industrial Pollution

To address the issue of industrial pollution, following activities will be focused under NMCA:

- i. Shifting of industries to PNG / cleaner fuels on a time bound basis.
- ii. Replacement of heavy oil (e.g., furnace oil, diesel, etc.) based industries to alternate energy sources (CNG/PNG/LNG/Electricity)
- iii. Stringent enforcement of emission standards
- iv. Installation of OCEMS
- v. Increased frequency of monitoring and enforcement activities
- vi. Scientific study to develop stringent norms for polluting industries
- vii. Close monitoring of waste to energy plants
- viii. Development of regional/ city specific emissions standards for all industries
- ix. Emission  Trading  Scheme  to  be  implemented  to  reduce  load  of  pollutants from industrial sectors.
- x. Formulation and implementation of state fuel policy for industrial sector
- xi. Restriction  on  establishment  and  operation  of  polluting  nature of  industries under jurisdiction of that ULB.
- xii. Incentive to industries for switching over to the clean fuel
- xiii. Development  of  Industrial  Areas  /  Zones  to  facilitate  shifting/relocation  of industrial units operating in non-conforming areas to conforming areas.

## Public Awareness:

A  comprehensive  Guideline  for  Capacity  Building  and  Public  Outreach  for  prevention, control  and  mitigation  of  air  pollution  under  NCAP  for  concerned  city,  state  and  central government agencies is prepared and available on portal. The objective of these guidelines is to prescribe the strategy for carrying out capacity building and public outreach at city, state and  national  level  under  NCAP.  These  guidelines  under  NCAP  will  be  applicable  for  the period of five years from FY 2021-22 to FY 2025-26.