Lok Sabha Question No. 2740 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-02
Subject: Directions on Vehicular Pollution
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RAJESH VERMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2740

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02/08/2016

## Directions on Vehicular Pollution

## 2740. SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

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

- (a)   whether the National Green Tribunal had asked the State Government of Uttar Pradesh to check  excessive  plying  and  frequency  of  plying  of  heavy  motor  vehicles  in  view  of increasing air-pollution in the major cities;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the State Government thereon;
- (c)   the cities of Uttar Pradesh where the level of air pollution has been found to be high; and
- (d)   the details of the action being taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

(a) & (b)  National Green Tribunal (NGT) in the matter of "Vardhman Kaushik Vs Union of India  &  Others",  "Sanjay  Kulshreshtha Vs Union  of  India  &  Others"  and  "Supreme  Court Women Lawyers Association Vs Union of India & Others" on 24 th May, 2016 and 31 st May, 2016 directed State Governments of 11 States including Uttar Pradesh to apprise names of the most  polluted  cities,  population,  road  density,  vehicular  population,  source  of  pollution particularly dust emission, emission by burning various materials and vehicular and industrial pollution,  total  number  of  vehicles  diesel  and  petrol,  number  of  heavy  and  light  vehicles, Government of Uttar Pradesh has filed action taken report. However, Government of Uttar Pradesh  has  prepared  short  term  and  long  term  action  plan  for  control  of  air  pollution pursuant to the deliberations of meetings held by this Ministry with States /UT of National Capital Region.

(c)  &  (d)  Uttar  Pradesh  Pollution  Control  Board  is  monitoring  ambient  air  quality  at  64 locations  covering  21  major  cities  of  the  State.  The  monitoring  data  for  the  year  2015

indicates the concentration of SO2 within the specified norms in all cities, concentration of NO2 within specified limits in all cities except 5 cities and concentration of particulate matter exceeded  the  specified  norms  in  all  cities.  The  major  initiatives  taken  by  the  State Government  of  Uttar  Pradesh  to  check  air  pollution  include  strengthening  of  Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations; installation of air pollution control devices; action against unauthorized brick kilns and non complying industrial units; issuance of directions for switching over to natural gas by industries, wherever feasible; action against visibly polluting vehicles; launch of extensive awareness drive against polluting vehicles, synchronize traffic movements/introduction  of  intelligent  traffic  systems;  installation  of  CNG  stations;  action plan for public transport on CNG mode; promoting battery operated vehicles; ban on open burning of bio-mass, conversion of construction and demolition waste into useful products, extension of metro rail services etc.

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