Lok Sabha Question No. 814 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-01
Subject: Level of Air Pollution
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, DINESH TRIVEDI, DEVAJIBHAI GOVINDBHAI FATEPARA, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE

## 814.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION N0. 814

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.03.2016

## Level of Air Pollution

## SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI: SHRI DEVAJIBHAI G. FATEPARA: SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

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

- (a)   whether  the  annual  average  level  of  air  pollution  in  urban  and  industrial  areas  have reached/crossed the alarming level in major cities of the country including Delhi, if so, the details thereof, city-wise and  the reasons  there for along  with  the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (b)  the measures taken by the Government to curb the sources of air pollution in the said cities along with the funds provided for the purpose during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c)   whether the Government has issued guidelines and launched any new scheme or employed modern techniques to make the country pollution free;
- (d)   if so, the details and achievements made so far; and
- (e) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government in this direction?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI   PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a) & (b) Central Pollution Control Board initiated National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP)  in  the  year  1984.  Under  NAMP,  three  air  pollutants  viz.,  Sulphur  Dioxide  (SO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) and Particulate Matter size equal to or less than 10 micron (PM10), have been  identified  for  regular  monitoring  at  all  the  locations.  The  NAMP  network  presently comprises 612 operating monitoring stations located in 254 cities/towns in 29 states and 5 union territories across the country. Air quality data for million plus cities including Delhi during 20122015 is annexed.

The Measures taken by the Government to curb of air pollution inter-alia include:

- Notification of National Ambient Air Quality Standards (2009), envisaging 12 pollutants;
- Formulation of environmental regulations / statutes;
- Setting up of monitoring network for assessment of ambient air quality;
- Introduction of cleaner / alternate fuels like gaseous fuel (CNG, LPG), ethanol blend etc.;
- Promotion of public transport network of metro, buses, e-rickshaws etc.;
- Promotion of cleaner production processes;

Taking  note  of  the  gravity  of  Air  Pollution,  the  Government  has  taken  some  more  measures which include:

- Launching of  Clean India Mission (Swatch Bharat Abhiyan);
- Amending rules for handling and management of municipal wastes including construction and demolition waste rules notified for comments of stakeholders;
- Launching of National Air Quality index by the Prime Minister in April, 2015 starting with 14 cities and now implemented in 22 cities;
- Implementing Bharat Stage IV norms in the 63 selected cities and universalization of BSIV  by 2017;
- Decision  taken  to  leapfrog  directly  from  BS-IV  to  BS-  VI  fuel  standards  w.e.f. 01.04.2020;
- Holding regular co-ordination meetings at official and ministerial level with Delhi and other State Governments within the National Capital Region (NCR) and Punjab;
- Formulating and notifying stringent industrial standards which include standards recently notified for thermal power plants and sugar industry;
- Giving  high  priority  for  public  partnership  in  lane  discipline,  car  pooling,  vehicle maintenance,  pollution under  control certification, action against visibly polluting vehicles etc.;
- Installation of on-line continuous (24x7) monitoring devices by major industries;

CPCB  has  informed  that  an  amount  of  `  7,92,27,282,  `  7,25,83,500,  `  5,87,78,462  and    ` 9,01,21,917 have been released to State and UT Governments including for metropolitan cities for  air  quality  monitoring  under  NAMP  during  2012-13,  2013-14,  2014-15  and  current  year respectively.

(c) & (d) Government has adopted  modern methods/technologies to minimize pollution which inter  alia include;  cleaner  technologies  with  new  innovations,  Air  Quality  Index,  Online continuous  (24x7)  monitoring, promotion  of  cleaner production by prescribing stringent environmental standards / norms etc.  But for the various measures taken to control air pollution it could have been much higher.

(e) The  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  has issued  directions  on  29.12.2015  to  the PCCs/SPCBs of Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana under section 18 (1) (b) of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act 1981, for prevention and control of air pollution. The directions relate to control of vehicular emissions, road dust, other fugitive emissions, pollution from  bio-mass  burning,  industrial  air  pollution,  pollution  from  construction  &  demolition activities etc.

Annexure

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARA (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  814  DUE  FOR  REPLY  ON  01.03.2016  AIR  POLLUTION  BY  SHRI BHARTRUHARI  MAHTAB:  SHRI  DINESH  TRIVEDI:  SHRI  DEVAJIBHAI  G.  FATEPARA: SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE

Air quality status of million plus cities for 2012, 2013 and 2014

## (Annual average (µg/m 3 )

| S. No.   | City             | State          | 2012   | 2012   | 2012   | 2013   | 2013   | 2013   | 2014   | 2014   | 2014   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   | 2015   |
|----------|------------------|----------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| S. No.   | City             | State          | SO 2   | NO 2   | PM 10  | SO 2   | NO 2   | PM 10  | SO 2   | NO 2   | PM 10  | SO 2   | NO 2   | PM 10  | PM2.5  |
| 1.       | Agra             | Uttar Pradesh  | 5      | 23     | 196*   | 5      | 21     | 184*   | 8      | 12     | 182*   | 8      | 15     | 192*   | -      |
| 2.       | Ahmedabad        | Gujarat        | 12     | 24     | 83*    | 12     | 17     | 79*    | 13     | 20     | 85*    | 13     | 20     | 86*    | 31     |
| 3.       | Allahabad        | Uttar Pradesh  | 4      | 32     | 317*   | 5      | 29     | 235*   | 4      | 28     | 250*   | 3      | 28     | 249*   | -      |
| 4.       | Amritsar         | Punjab         | 15     | 39     | 202*   | 13     | 40     | 180*   | 14     | 42*    | 187*   | 12     | 34     | 169*   | -      |
| 5.       | Aurangabad       | Maharashtra    | 9      | 32     | 80*    | 10     | 37     | 84*    | 12     | 39     | 85*    | 12     | 40     | 82*    | -      |
| 6.       | Bangalore        | Karnataka      | 14     | 28     | 121*   | 13     | 26     | 113*   | 13     | 30     | 140*   | 5      | 20     | 131*   | -      |
| 7.       | Bhopal           | Madhya Pradesh | 3      | 21     | 173*   | 3      | 26     | 220*   | 2      | 20     | 156*   | 3      | 23     | 168*   | 100    |
| 8.       | Chennai          | Tamilnadu      | 12     | 21     | 57     | 14     | 22     | 75*    | 13     | 22     | 59     | 13     | 20     | 56     | 22     |
| 9.       | Coimbatore       | Tamilnadu      | 3      | 27     | 68*    | 4      | 24     | 56     | 5      | 25     | 48     | 4      | 25     | 47     | 24     |
| 10.      | Delhi (DMC)      | Delhi          | 5      | 59*    | 237*   | 4      | 66*    | 221*   | 5      | 61*    | 215*   | 5      | 59*    | 221*   | 95     |
| 11.      | Dhanbad          | Jharkhand      | 17     | 40     | 178*   | 16     | 40     | 151*   | 14     | 37     | 162*   | 12     | 37     | 168*   | -      |
| 12.      | Faridabad        | Haryana        | 12     | 38     | 184*   | 12     | 26     | 196*   | 13     | 25     | 197*   | 15     | 73*    | 105*   | -      |
| 13.      | Ghaziabad        | Uttar Pradesh  | 30     | 34     | 248*   | 26     | 34     | 285*   | 26     | 39     | 246*   | 23     | 37     | 247*   | -      |
| 14.      | Gwalior          | Madhya Pradesh | 13     | 27     | 329*   | 13     | 27     | 197*   | 11     | 17     | 148*   | 10     | 14     | 127*   | 78     |
| 15.      | Howrah           | West Bengal    | 13     | 40     | 186*   | 11     | 45*    | 187*   | 9      | 35     | 111    | 15     | 43*    | 123*   | 73     |
| 16.      | Hyderabad (GH)   | Telangana      | 4      | 28     | 79*    | 5      | 24     | 90*    | 5      | 24     | 98*    | 5      | 25     | 94*    | -      |
| 17.      | Indore           | Madhya Pradesh | 12     | 20     | 143*   | 11     | 19     | 156*   | 11     | 20     | 144*   | 11     | 20     | 95*    | -      |
| 18.      | Jabalpur         | Madhya Pradesh | 2      | 24     | 75*    | 2      | 23     | 69*    | 2      | 23     | 69*    | 9      | 26     | 88*    | 33     |
| 19.      | Jaipur           | Rajasthan      | 9      | 52*    | 187*   | 7      | 40     | 160*   | 7      | 41*    | 154*   | 7      | 35     | 167*   | -      |
| 20.      | Jodhpur          | Rajasthan      | 6      | 24     | 189*   | 5      | 23     | 176*   | 7      | 31     | 189*   | 6      | 24     | 151*   | -      |
| 21.      | Kalyan Dombivali | Maharashtra    | IA     | IA     | 114*   | 25     | 54*    | 91*    | 40     | 77*    | 141*   | 17     | 47*    | 94*    | -      |
| 22.      | Kanpur           | Uttar Pradesh  | 8      | 34     | 215*   | 7      | 31     | 201*   | 5      | 34     | 199*   | 6      | 35     | 200*   | -      |

|   23. | Kolkata               | West Bengal    | 12   | 70*   | 135*   | 11   | 70*   | 159*   | 15   | IA   | 107*   | 6   | 53*   | 108*   | 56   |
|-------|-----------------------|----------------|------|-------|--------|------|-------|--------|------|------|--------|-----|-------|--------|------|
|    24 | Kota                  | Rajasthan      | 8    | 32    | 156*   | 7    | 33    | 122*   | 7    | 35   | 128*   | 6   | 33    | 115*   |      |
|    25 | Lucknow               | Uttar Pradesh  | 8    | 32    | 211*   | 8    | 29    | 192*   | 8    | 28   | 175*   | 8   | 28    | 172*   | 106  |
|    26 | Ludhiana              | Punjab         | 11   | 27    | 228*   | 11   | 26    | 204*   | 10   | 26   | 152*   | 11  | 27    | 139*   | -    |
|    27 | Madurai               | Tamilnadu      | 14   | 30    | 48     | 14   | 22    | 41     | 13   | 26   | 45     | 13  | 26    | 65*    | 24   |
|    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*    | 3   | 23    | 90*    | 22   |
|    30 | Nagpur                | Maharashtra    | 10   | 32    | 103*   | 8    | 27    | 89*    | 10   | 25   | 93*    | 10  | 29    | 85*    | -    |
|    31 | Nashik                | Maharashtra    | 24   | 27    | 95*    | 28   | 29    | 85*    | 25   | 26   | 73*    | 19  | 22    | 78*    | -    |
|    32 | Navi Mumbai           | Maharashtra    | 17   | 43*   | 120*   | 17   | 44*   | 137*   | 18   | 40   | 151*   | 18  | 43*   | 137*   | -    |
|    33 | Patna                 | Bihar          | 6    | 36    | 166*   | -    | -     | -      | -    | -    | -      | -   | -     | -      | -    |
|    34 | Pimpri Chinchwad      | Maharashtra    | 22   | 47*   | 89*    | 20   | 43*   | 86*    | 22   | 41*  | 93*    | 19  | 53*   | 98*    | -    |
|    35 | Pune                  | Maharashtra    | 22   | 45    | 92     | 20   | 41*   | 88*    | 23   | 45*  | 92*    | 20  | 59*   | 96*    | -    |
|    36 | Raipur$               | Chattisgarh    | 14   | 40    | 268*   | 15   | 41*   | 305*   | 16   | 41*  | 329*   | 13  | 36    | 186*   | -    |
|    37 | Rajkot                | Gujarat        | 13   | 17    | 99*    | 12   | 17    | 87*    | 13   | 19   | 82*    | 13  | 19    | 83*    | 30   |
|    38 | Ranchi                | Jharkhand      | 18   | 35    | 202*   | 19   | 36    | 177*   | 18   | 34   | 197*   | -   | -     | -      | -    |
|    39 | Shrinagar             | Jammu &Kashmir | @    | @     | @      | @    | @     | @      | @    | @    | @      | @   | @     | @      | @    |
|    40 | Surat                 | Gujarat        | 16   | 26    | 97*    | 13   | 20    | 88*    | 15   | 20   | 89*    | 14  | 20    | 89*    | 31   |
|    41 | Thane                 | Maharashtra    | 20   | 12    | 72*    | 17   | 32    | 110*   | 18   | 60*  | 109*   | 28  | 58*   | 116*   | -    |
|    42 | Vadodara              | Gujarat        | 16   | 33    | 102*   | 14   | 19    | 89*    | 15   | 21   | 87*    | 14  | 21    | 89*    | 33   |
|    43 | Varanasi              | Uttar Pradesh  | 18   | 21    | 138*   | 19   | 28    | 145*   | 19   | 32   | 139*   | 19  | 36    | 174*   | -    |
|    44 | Vasai-virar           | Maharashtra    | NA   | NA    | NA     | NA   | NA    | NA     | NA   | NA   | NA     | NA  | NA    | NA     | NA   |
|    45 | Vijaywada             | Andhra Pradesh | 6    | 12    | 97     | 5    | 19    | 104*   | 5    | 24   | 100*   | 5   | 34    | 107*   | -    |
|    46 | Vishakhapatnam (GVMC) | Andhra Pradesh | 12   | 13    | 65*    | 13   | 18    | 67*    | 13   | 20   | 64*    | 8   | 18    | 60*    | -    |

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 and for 2015 two monitoring station is operating, *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. The data furnished in the table for year 2015 is as available on date.