Lok Sabha Question No. 1116 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-02
Subject: AQMCs in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Sanatan Pandey

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1116

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2024

## AQMCs in Uttar Pradesh

## 1116.   SHRI SANATAN PANDEY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any survey to determine the minimum number of requisite Air Quality Monitoring Centres (AQMCs) in the State of Uttar Pradesh and if so, the district-wise details thereof;
- (b) the number of manual and automated Air Quality Monitoring Centres established at present, the number of such centres functional and the number of centres opened during each of the last three years, year-wise and district-wise along with the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Air Quality Monitoring System developed by the Government has been installed at existing stations, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  technologies  like  AI,  GIS  mapping  and  smart  devices  are  being  used  to improve the Air Quality Monitoring System, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

## (a) to (d):

CPCB has developed a population based cereitrea for determining the minimum number of monitoring stations. In Uttar Pradesh, 84 Manual monitoring stations under National Ambient Air  Quality  Monitoring  Programme  (NAMP)  and  57  Real  time  Continuous  Ambient  Air Quality Monitoring (CAAQMS), covering 29 cities/towns, have been established.

City wise list  of monitoring stations in Uttar Pradesh is enclosed at Annexure - I and the CAAQMS and manual monitoring stations made operational during last three years in Uttar Pradesh is attached at Annexure-II .

The Air Quality Monitoring Systems are installed and operated in accordance to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), 2009 and guidelines of CPCB.

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Annexure - I Ambient Air Quality Network in State of Uttar Pradesh (Manual and Real-time) as on date

| Sl. No.   | City/town/village   | Number of Stations   | Number of Stations   | Number of Stations   | Number of Stations   |
|-----------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| Sl. No.   | City/town/village   | CAAQMS               | CAAQMS               | NAMP                 | NAMP                 |
| Sl. No.   | City/town/village   | Established          | Functional           | Established          | Functional           |
| 1.        | Agra                | 6                    | 6                    | 6                    | 6                    |
| 2.        | Aligarh             | -                    | -                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 3.        | Allahabad           | 3                    | 3                    | 5                    | 5                    |
| 4.        | Anpara              | -                    | -                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 5.        | Ayodhya             | -                    | -                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 6.        | Bagpat              | 2                    | 1                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 7.        | Bareily             | 2                    | 2                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 8.        | Bulandshahr         | 1                    | 1                    | -                    | -                    |
| 9.        | Firozabad           | 2                    | 2                    | 3                    | 3                    |
| 10.       | Gajroula            | -                    | -                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 11.       | Ghaziabad           | 4                    | 4                    | 4                    | 4                    |
| 12.       | Gorakhpur           | 1                    | 1                    | 3                    | 3                    |
| 13.       | Greater Noida       | 2                    | 2                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 14.       | Hapur               | 1                    | 1                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 15.       | Hatras              | -                    | -                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 16.       | Jhansi              | 1                    | 1                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 17.       | Kanpur              | 4                    | 4                    | 9                    | 9                    |
| 18.       | Khurja              | 1                    | 1                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 19.       | Lucknow             | 7                    | 7                    | 8                    | 8                    |
| 20.       | Mathura             | -                    | -                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 21.       | Meerut              | 3                    | 3                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 22.       | Moradabad           | 7                    | 6                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 23.       | Muzaffarnagar       | 1                    | 1                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 24.       | Noida               | 4                    | 4                    | 4                    | 4                    |
| 25.       | Raibareli           | -                    | -                    | 3                    | 3                    |
| 26.       | Saharanpur          | -                    | -                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 27.       | Unnao               | -                    | -                    | 2                    | 2                    |
| 28.       | Varanasi            | 4                    | 4                    | 5                    | 5                    |
| 29.       | Vrindavan           | 1                    | 1                    | -                    | -                    |
|           | Total               | 57                   | 55                   | 84                   | 84                   |

Note : One (01) manual station has been established at Shamli in September 2024 as informed by UPPCB, currently not under NAMP.

## Annexure - II

Ambient air quality monitoring stations made operational during last three years in Uttar Pradesh

|                       |                       | 2021                                              | 2021                                              | 2022                                              | 2022                                              | 2023                                              | 2023                                              |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|                       |                       | Number of Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations | Number of Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations | Number of Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations | Number of Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations | Number of Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations | Number of Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations |
| District              | City                  | Manual                                            | CAAQMS                                            | Manual                                            | CAAQMS                                            | Manual                                            | CAAQMS                                            |
| Agra                  | Agra                  | -                                                 | 2                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Baghpat               | Baghpat               | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | 1                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Bareilly              | Bareilly              | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | 2                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Bulandshahr           | Bulandshahr           | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Firozabad             | Firozabad             | -                                                 | 1                                                 | -                                                 | 1                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Ghaziabad             | Ghaziabad             | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Gorakhpur             | Gorakhpur             | -                                                 | 1                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Gautam Buddha Nagar   | Greater Noida         | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Hapur                 | Hapur                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Hatras                | Hatras                | 2                                                 | -                                                 |                                                   | -                                                 |                                                   |                                                   |
| Jhansi                | Jhansi                | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | 1                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Kanpur                | Kanpur                | -                                                 | 2                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Bulandshahr           | Khurja                | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | 1                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Lucknow               | Lucknow               | -                                                 | 1                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Meerut                | Meerut                | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Moradabad             | Moradabad             | -                                                 | 3                                                 | -                                                 | 3                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Muzaffarnag ar        | Muzaffarnag ar        | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Gautam Buddha Nagar   | Noida                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Prayagraj (Allahabad) | Prayagraj (Allahabad) | -                                                 | 1                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Varanasi              | Varanasi              | -                                                 | 1                                                 | -                                                 | 3                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Mathura               | Vrindavan             | -                                                 | 1                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 | -                                                 |
| Total                 | Total                 | 02                                                | 13                                                | 0                                                 | 12                                                | 0                                                 | 0                                                 |