Lok Sabha Question No. 1803 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-08
Subject: Air Quality Testing
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: DALPAT SINGH PARASTE, RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA, RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION N0. 1803

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.03.2016

## Air Quality Testing

1803.   SHRI DALPAT SINGH PARASTE: SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA: SHRIMATI RAKSHATAI KHADSE:

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

- (a)   whether the Government proposes to install the latest equipment to gauge/ check air quality in the major polluted cities in the first stage and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the names of such cities and the criteria to be followed for installing such equipments along with the funds allocated for the purpose; and
- (c) whether the Government has assessed the testing level of pollution in the said cities, if so, the details and findings thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a) to  (c)  Technologically  advanced  Continuous  Ambient  Air  Quality  Monitoring  Stations (CAAQMS)  are  operated  in  several  major  cities  in  India.    These  are  operated  by  Central Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB),  State  Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)  /  Pollution  Control Committees (PCCs). Total 59 CAAQMS in 35 cities are operational in the country. The cities where presently Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations  (CAAQMS)  are operational are given at Annexure-I.

Strengthening of network of Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations is an ongoing process  and  steps  have  been  initiated  to  strengthen  the  monitoring  network  in  Aurangabad, Nasik, Nagpur, Ludhiana, Amritsar, Coimbatore, Ghaziabad, Vijayawada, Srinagar and Howrah. Air quality data for million plus cities including Delhi during 2012, 2013 and 2014 is given at Annexure-II. The analysis of air quality data during 2012, 2013 and 2014 with respect to SO2 revealed that all cities  are  within  the  National  Ambient  Air  Quality  Standards  (NAAQS). The levels of NO2 (annual average) exceeded the norms in 7 cities, 8 cities and 9 cities respectively during 2012, 2013, and 2014. However, the levels of PM10 (annual average) exceeded the norms in 42 cities, 41 cities and 39 cities respectively during 2012, 2013, and 2014.

Annexure-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARA (a) to (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1803 DUE FOR REPLY ON 08.03.2016 REGARDING AIR  QUALITY  TESTING  BY  SHRI  DALPAT  SINGH  PARASTE:  SHRI  R.  DHRUVA NARAYANA: SHRIMATI RAKSHATAI KHADSE, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.

Status of Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) in Cities

| S. No.                                                                                                       | Name of The Project                                                                                          | Name of the Board                                                                                            | Name of the City                                                                                             | Status                                                                                                       | Total No.                                                                                                    |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| CAAQM Stations installed by CPCB (14 Nos)                                                                    | CAAQM Stations installed by CPCB (14 Nos)                                                                    | CAAQM Stations installed by CPCB (14 Nos)                                                                    | CAAQM Stations installed by CPCB (14 Nos)                                                                    | CAAQM Stations installed by CPCB (14 Nos)                                                                    | CAAQM Stations installed by CPCB (14 Nos)                                                                    |
| 01.                                                                                                          | CPCB (Operated by Own staff)                                                                                 | CPCB                                                                                                         | Delhi                                                                                                        | Installed                                                                                                    | 02                                                                                                           |
| 02.                                                                                                          | Under Operation & Maintenance Contract (CPCB own                                                             |                                                                                                              | Chennai                                                                                                      | Installed                                                                                                    | 03                                                                                                           |
| 02.                                                                                                          |                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Lucknow                                                                                                      | Installed                                                                                                    | 03                                                                                                           |
| 02.                                                                                                          |                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Delhi                                                                                                        | Installed                                                                                                    | 03                                                                                                           |
| 02.                                                                                                          | Fund)                                                                                                        |                                                                                                              | Bangalore                                                                                                    | Installed                                                                                                    | 03                                                                                                           |
| CAAQM Stations installed under 16 Cities Project on 50:50 fund sharing basis between CPCB and SPCBs (14 Nos) | CAAQM Stations installed under 16 Cities Project on 50:50 fund sharing basis between CPCB and SPCBs (14 Nos) | CAAQM Stations installed under 16 Cities Project on 50:50 fund sharing basis between CPCB and SPCBs (14 Nos) | CAAQM Stations installed under 16 Cities Project on 50:50 fund sharing basis between CPCB and SPCBs (14 Nos) | CAAQM Stations installed under 16 Cities Project on 50:50 fund sharing basis between CPCB and SPCBs (14 Nos) | CAAQM Stations installed under 16 Cities Project on 50:50 fund sharing basis between CPCB and SPCBs (14 Nos) |
|                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Telangana                                                                                                    | Hyderabad                                                                                                    | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Bihar                                                                                                        | Patna                                                                                                        | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Gujarat                                                                                                      | Ahmedabad                                                                                                    | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Haryana                                                                                                      | Faridabad                                                                                                    | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Jharkhand                                                                                                    | Jharia                                                                                                       | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                              | 16 Cities Project                                                                                            | Karnataka                                                                                                    | Bangalore                                                                                                    | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
| 03                                                                                                           | (On cost sharing basis: 50% by CPCB)                                                                         | Maharashtra                                                                                                  | Mumbai                                                                                                       | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Pune                                                                                                         | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Solapur                                                                                                      | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                              | Year 2003 - 2008                                                                                             | Rajasthan                                                                                                    | Jodhpur                                                                                                      | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                   | Chennai / Tuticorin                                                                                          | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Uttar Pradesh                                                                                                | Agra                                                                                                         | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Kanpur                                                                                                       | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
|                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Varanasi                                                                                                     | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
| CAAQM Stations installed by SPCBs / PCCs (31 Nos)                                                            | CAAQM Stations installed by SPCBs / PCCs (31 Nos)                                                            | CAAQM Stations installed by SPCBs / PCCs (31 Nos)                                                            | CAAQM Stations installed by SPCBs / PCCs (31 Nos)                                                            | CAAQM Stations installed by SPCBs / PCCs (31 Nos)                                                            | CAAQM Stations installed by SPCBs / PCCs (31 Nos)                                                            |
| 04                                                                                                           |                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Kolkata                                                                                                      | Installed                                                                                                    | 02                                                                                                           |
| 04                                                                                                           | JICA Project                                                                                                 | West Bengal                                                                                                  | Howrah                                                                                                       | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
| 04                                                                                                           |                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Durga Pur                                                                                                    | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
| 04                                                                                                           |                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Haldia                                                                                                       | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
| 05                                                                                                           |                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Gummidipoondi                                                                                                | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
| 05                                                                                                           |                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Kodungaiyur                                                                                                  | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
| 05                                                                                                           |                                                                                                              | Tamil Nadu                                                                                                   | Koyambedu                                                                                                    | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
| 05                                                                                                           |                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Royapuram                                                                                                    | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
| 05                                                                                                           |                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Perungudi                                                                                                    | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
| 05                                                                                                           | SPCBs/PCCs Own                                                                                               | Karnataka                                                                                                    | Bangalore                                                                                                    | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
| 05                                                                                                           |                                                                                                              | Maharashtra                                                                                                  | Chandrapur                                                                                                   | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
| 05                                                                                                           | Fund                                                                                                         | Bihar                                                                                                        | Gaya                                                                                                         | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
| 05                                                                                                           |                                                                                                              |                                                                                                              | Muzaffarpur                                                                                                  | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
| 05                                                                                                           |                                                                                                              | Rajasthan                                                                                                    | Jaipur                                                                                                       | Installed                                                                                                    | 01                                                                                                           |
| 05                                                                                                           |                                                                                                              | Telangana                                                                                                    | Hyderabad                                                                                                    | Installed                                                                                                    | 04                                                                                                           |

| S. No.   | Name of The Project   | Name of the Board   | Name of the City   | Status    |   Total No. |
|----------|-----------------------|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|-------------|
|          |                       | Andhra              | Vijayawada         | Installed |          01 |
|          |                       | Pradesh             | Vishakhapatnam     | Installed |          01 |
|          |                       |                     | Tirupatti          | Installed |          01 |
|          |                       | Delhi P C C         | Delhi              | Installed |          06 |
|          |                       |                     | Gurgaon            | Installed |          01 |
|          |                       | Haryana             | Rohtak             | Installed |          01 |
|          |                       |                     | Panchkula          | Installed |          01 |

## Annexure-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARA (a) to (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1803 DUE FOR REPLY ON 08.03.2016 REGARDING AIR  QUALITY  TESTING  BY  SHRI  DALPAT  SINGH  PARASTE:  SHRI  R.  DHRUVA NARAYANA: SHRIMATI RAKSHATAI KHADSE, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.

## Air quality status of million plus cities for 2012, 2013 and 2014 (Annual average (µg/m 3 )

| S.      | City                  | State           | 2012   | 2012   | 2012     | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014    |
|---------|-----------------------|-----------------|--------|--------|----------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|---------|
| No.     |                       |                 | SO 2   | NO 2   | PM 10    | SO 2   | NO 2   | PM 10  | SO 2   | NO 2   | PM 10   |
| 1.      | Agra                  | Uttar Pradesh   | 5      | 23     | 196*     | 5      | 21     | 184*   | 8      | 12     | 182*    |
| 2.      | Ahmedabad             | Gujarat         | 12     | 24     | 83*      | 12     | 17     | 79*    | 13     | 20     | 85*     |
| 3.      | Allahabad             | Uttar Pradesh   | 4      | 32     | 317*     | 5      | 29     | 235*   | 4      | 28     | 250*    |
| 4.      | Amritsar              | Punjab          | 15     | 39     | 202*     | 13     | 40     | 180*   | 14     | 42*    | 187*    |
| 5.      | Aurangabad            | Maharashtra     | 9      | 32     | 80*      | 10     | 37     | 84*    | 12     | 39     | 85*     |
| 6.      | Bangalore             | Karnataka       | 14     | 28     | 121*     | 13     | 26     | 113*   | 13     | 30     | 140*    |
| 7.      | Bhopal                | Madhya Pradesh  | 3      | 21     | 173*     | 3      | 26     | 220*   | 2      | 20     | 156*    |
| 8.      | Chennai               | Tamilnadu       | 12     | 21     | 57       | 14     | 22     | 75*    | 13     | 22     | 59      |
| 9.      | Coimbatore            | Tamilnadu       | 3      | 27     | 68*      | 4      | 24     | 56     | 5      | 25     | 48      |
| 10.     | Delhi (DMC)           | Delhi           | 5      | 59*    | 237*     | 4      | 66*    | 221*   | 5      | 61*    | 215*    |
| 11.     | Dhanbad               | Jharkhand       | 17     | 40     | 178*     | 16     | 40     | 151*   | 14     | 37     | 162*    |
| 12.     | Faridabad             | Haryana         | 12     | 38     | 184*     | 12     | 26     | 196*   | 13     | 25     | 197*    |
| 13.     | Ghaziabad             | Uttar Pradesh   | 30     | 34     | 248*     | 26     | 34     | 285*   | 26     | 39     | 246*    |
| 14.     | Gwalior               | Madhya Pradesh  | 13     | 27     | 329*     | 13     | 27     | 197*   | 11     | 17     | 148*    |
| 15.     | Howrah                | West Bengal     | 13     | 40     | 186*     | 11     | 45*    | 187*   | 9      | 35     | 111     |
| 16.     | Hyderabad (GH)        | Telangana       | 4      | 28     | 79*      | 5      | 24     | 90*    | 5      | 24     | 98*     |
| 17.     | Indore                | Madhya Pradesh  | 12     | 20     | 143*     | 11     | 19     | 156*   | 11     | 20     | 144*    |
| 18.     | Jabalpur              | Madhya Pradesh  | 2      | 24     | 75*      | 2      | 23     | 69*    | 2      | 23     | 69*     |
| 19.     | Jaipur                | Rajasthan       | 9      | 52*    | 187*     | 7      | 40     | 160*   | 7      | 41*    | 154*    |
| 20.     | Jodhpur               | Rajasthan       | 6      | 24     | 189*     | 5      | 23     | 176*   | 7      | 31     | 189*    |
| 21.     | Kalyan Dombivali      | Maharashtra     | IA     | IA     | 114*     | 25     | 54*    | 91*    | 40     | 77*    | 141*    |
| 22.     | Kanpur                | Uttar Pradesh   | 8      | 34     | 215*     | 7      | 31     | 201*   | 5      | 34     | 199*    |
| 23.     | Kolkata               | West Bengal     | 12     | 70*    | 135*     | 11     | 70*    | 159*   | 15     | IA     | 107*    |
| 24.     | Kota                  | Rajasthan       | 8      | 32     | 156*     | 7      | 33     | 122*   | 7      | 35     | 128*    |
| 25.     | Lucknow               | Uttar Pradesh   | 8      | 32     | 211*     | 8      | 29     | 192*   | 8      | 28     | 175*    |
| 26.     | Ludhiana              | Punjab          | 11     | 27     | 228*     | 11     | 26     | 204*   | 10     | 26     | 152*    |
| 27.     | Madurai               | Tamilnadu       | 14     | 30     | 48       | 14     | 22     | 41     | 13     | 26     | 45      |
| 28.     | Meerut                | Uttar Pradesh   | 4      | 43*    | 129*     | 5      | 39     | 134*   | 8      | 48*    | 154*    |
| 29.     | Mumbai                | Maharashtra     | 5      | 20     | 117*     | 3      | 13     | 117*   | 4      | 20     | 95*     |
| 30.     | Nagpur                | Maharashtra     | 10     | 32     | 103*     | 8      | 27     | 89*    | 10     | 25     | 93*     |
| 31.     | Nashik                | Maharashtra     | 24     | 27     | 95*      | 28     | 29     | 85*    | 25     | 26     | 73*     |
| 32.     | Navi Mumbai           | Maharashtra     | 17     | 43*    | 120*     | 17     | 44*    | 137*   | 18     | 40     | 151*    |
| 33.     | Patna                 | Bihar           | 6      | 36     | 166*     | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -       |
| 34.     | Pimpri Chinchwad      | Maharashtra     | 22     | 47*    | 89*      | 20     | 43*    | 86*    | 22     | 41*    | 93*     |
| 35.     | Pune                  | Maharashtra     | 22     | 45     | 92       | 20     | 41*    | 88*    | 23     | 45*    | 92*     |
| 36.     | Raipur$               | Chattisgarh     | 14     | 40     | 268*     | 15     | 41*    | 305*   | 16     | 41*    | 329*    |
| 37.     | Rajkot                | Gujarat         | 13     | 17     | 99*      | 12     | 17     | 87*    | 13     | 19     | 82*     |
| 38.     | Ranchi                | Jharkhand       | 18     | 35     | 202*     | 19     | 36     | 177*   | 18     | 34     | 197*    |
| 39.     | Shrinagar             | Jammu & Kashmir | @      | @      | @        | @      | @      | @      | @      | @      | @       |
|         | Surat                 | Gujarat         | 16     |        |          |        | 20     | 88*    | 15     | 20     | 89*     |
| 40.     | Vadodara              | Gujarat         | 16     | 26     | 97*      | 13     |        | 89*    | 15     |        | 87*     |
| 41. 42. | Thane                 | Maharashtra     | 20     | 12 33  | 72* 102* | 17 14  | 32     | 110*   | 18     | 60* 21 | 109*    |
| 44.     | Vasai-virar           | Maharashtra     | NA     | NA     | NA       | NA     | 19     | 145*   | NA     | NA     | 139* NA |
| 43.     | Varanasi              | Uttar Pradesh   | 18     | 21     | 138*     | 19     | 28 NA  | NA     | 19     | 32     |         |
| 45.     | Vijaywada             | Andhra Pradesh  | 6      | 12     | 97       | 5      | 19     | 104*   | 5      | 24     | 100*    |
| 46.     | Vishakhapatnam (GVMC) | Andhra Pradesh  | 12     | 13     | 65*      | 13     | 18     | 67*    | 13     | 20     | 64*     |

NB. NA- no monitoring station in the city, @ -monitoring station sanctioned but not yet operational, '-' data not received, IA inadequate data, $ -there are three operating station in Raipur, however during 2013,2014 only one station is in operation, *Concentration exceeding NAAQS of 50 µg/m3 for SO2, 40 µg/m3 for NO2, 60 µg/m3 for PM10, and 40 µg/m3 for PM2.5 for Residential/ industrial / other area & 20 µg/m3 for SO2, 30 µg/m3 for NO2, and 60 µg/m3 for Ecologically sensitive area.