Download Air pollution in metro cities

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 374
TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2017
Air pollution in metro cities
374.
SHRI DARSHAN SINGH YADAV:
SHRI P. BHATTACHARYA:
Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to
state:
(a) the level of air pollution in all the metro cities of the country as on December, 2016;
(b) the names of the metro cities which are following the basic guidelines to prevent further
pollution of the air;
(c) the details of steps being taken to contain various types of pollution taking place in the
cities; and
(d) what action is being stipulated to contain pollution?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND
CLIMATE CHANGE
(SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)
(a) & (b) Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and State Pollution Control Boards
(SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committees (PCCs) monitors the ambient air quality at 680
monitoring stations located in 300 cities/towns covering 29 states and 6 union territories
across the country under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). The ambient
air quality data for metro cities during 2014-2016 is given at Annexure. CPCB has issued
directions to non-attainment cities for implementation of measures to mitigate air pollution in
2016.
(c) & (d) The major steps taken by Government to contain various types of pollution taking
place in the cities, inter alia, include notification of National Ambient Air Quality Standards;
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 etc.), ethanol blending; promotion of cleaner production processes; launching of
National Air Quality index; universalization of BS-IV by 2017; leapfrogging from BS-IV to
BS-VI fuel standards by 1st April, 2020; comprehensive amendments to various Waste
Management Rules and notification of Construction and Demolition Waste Management
Rules; banning of burning of leaves, biomass, municipal solid waste; promotion of public
transport and network of metro, e-rickshaws, promotion of car pooling, Pollution Under
Control Certificate, lane discipline, vehicle maintenance; regular co-ordination meetings at
official and ministerial level with Delhi and other State Governments within the NCR;
issuance of directions under Section 18(1)(b) of Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution)
Act, 1981 and under Section 5 of Environment (Protection) Act, 1986; installation of on-line
continuous (24x7) monitoring devices by major industries and ban on bursting of sound
emitting crackers between 10 PM to 6 AM.
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ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF RAJYA SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION N0. 374 DUE FOR REPLY ON 06/02/2017 REGARDING
AIR POLLUTION IN METROCITIES RAISED BY SHRI P. BHATTACHARYA: SHRI
DARSHAN SINGH YADAV, HON’BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT
Air quality status of million plus cities for 2014, 2015 and 2016
(Annual average (µg/m3)
State
Cities
Uttar Pradesh
Gujarat
Uttar Pradesh
Punjab
Maharashtra
Karnataka
Madhya Pradesh
Tamilnadu
Tamilnadu
Delhi
Jharkhand
Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
West Bengal
Telangana
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
Punjab
Tamilnadu
Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Chattisgarh
Gujarat
Jharkhand
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Gujarat
Uttar Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Agra
Ahmedabad
Allahabad
Amritsar
Aurangabad
Bangalore
Bhopal
Chennai
Coimbatore
Delhi
Dhanbad
Faridabad
Ghaziabad
Gwalior
Howrah
Hydrabad
Indore
Jabalpur
Jaipur
Jodhpur
KalyanDombivali
Kanpur
Kolkata
Kota
Lucknow
Ludhiana
Madurai
Meerut
Mumbai
Nagpur
Nashik
Navi Mumbai
PimpriChinchwad
Pune
Raipur
Rajkot
Ranchi
Surat
Thane
Vadodara
Varanasi
Vijaywada
Vishakhapatnam
No. of
Stations
6
8
5
2
4
9
6
11
3
11
3
2
2
2
4
10
3
2
6
6
2
9
10
3
8
4
3
2
3
7
4
6
1
3
3
2
1
3
3
5
5
3
8
SO2
5
13
4
11
12
13
2
13
5
5
14
14
27
11
9
5
11
2
7
7
40
6
9
7
8
10
13
8
4
11
25
18
22
23
16
13
18
15
18
15
19
5
13
2014
NO2
19
20
28
31
39
30
21
22
25
61*
36
26
39
17
35
24
20
23
43*
31
77*
34
70*
35
28
26
26
48*
20
25
26
40
41*
45*
41*
19
34
20
60*
21
32
24
20
PM10
178*
84*
250*
145*
85*
139*
160*
57
49
217*
166*
199*
242*
144*
111*
95*
143*
73*
150*
190*
141*
199*
122*
127*
174*
146*
46
154*
96*
103*
72*
151*
93*
92*
329*
82*
197*
89*
109*
87*
139*
100*
64*
SO2
4
13
4
11
13
6
3
13
4
5
12
15
23
10
15
4
11
9
7
6
20
6
7
6
8
11
13
4
10
15
18
23
23
13
13
19
14
28
14
19
6
9
2015
NO2
22
21
26
30
40
20
23
20
25
65*
37
74*
37
14
43*
23
20
28
36
24
53*
36
56*
34
28
27
25
25
25
23
42*
52*
62*
36
19
36
20
58*
20
33
37
19
PM10
186*
89*
250*
148*
83*
119*
158*
59
47
220*
168*
105*
260*
125*
123*
93*
97*
90*
171*
152*
104*
201*
105*
134*
169*
139*
64*
107*
90*
78*
125*
102*
99*
188*
83*
220*
89*
117*
87*
145*
110*
61*
SO2
4
17
2
18
22
3
3
8
4
7
15
14
10
10
4
11
10
9
5
25
7
4
7
8
17
15
7
5
13
31
20
40
34
12
14
22
12
23
15
14
6
8
2016
NO2
26
28
39
49*
52*
32
18
19
24
65*
37
28
13
57*
23
20
21
37
24
74*
36
50*
39
35
28
24
56*
25
28
21
48*
82*
85*
32
21
37
18
68*
20
34
44*
18
PM10
227*
100*
276*
216*
119*
103*
103*
54
67*
260*
226*
239*
119*
103*
102*
101*
72*
224*
170*
138*
220
109*
155*
262*
173*
80*
158*
130*
95*
162*
151*
152*
132*
155*
114*
206*
97*
173*
119*
265*
102*
77*
NB. ‘-‘ data not received,*Concentration exceeding NAAQS of 50 µg/m3 for SO2, 40 µg/m3 for NO2 and 60 µg/m3 for PM10 for Residential/
industrial / other area & 20 µg/m3 for SO2, 30 µg/m3 for NO2, and 60 µg/m3 for PM10 Ecologically sensitive area. The data furnished in the
table for year 2016 is as available on date.