The Central Government launched National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) as a long-term, time-bound, national level strategy to tackle the air pollution problem across the country in a comprehensive manner with targets to achieve 20% to 30% reduction in Particulate Matter concentrations by 2024 keeping 2017 as the base year for the comparison of concentration. Under NCAP, 122 non-attainment cities have been identified across the country based on the Air Quality data from 2014-2018.  A list of Smart Cities under the Smart Cities Mission, which are non-attainment cities under National Clean Air Program (NCAP), is attached at Annexure-I.

The city specific action plans have been prepared which, inter-alia, include measures for strengthening the monitoring network, reducing vehicular/industrial emissions, increasing public awareness etc. Implementation of the city specific action plans are regularly monitored by Committees at Central and State level namely Steering Committee, Monitoring Committee and Implementation Committee.

Air quality of cities is monitored by State Pollution Control Boards which publishes their results from time to time. Some Smart Cities have established Integrated Command and Control Centres (ICCCs) which are also connected to Air Quality Monitors (AQMs) for effective monitoring.

This was informed by Minister of State (I/C) for Housing and Urban Affairs Shri Hardeep Singh Puri in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.

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Annexure-I

National Clean Air Program (NCAP) under the SCM.

 

List of cities in the Smart Cities Mission (SCM) that are non-attainment cities under the National Clean Air Program (NCAP).

 

State/Union Territory	Smart Cities
Andhra Pradesh	Vishakhapatnam
Assam	Guwahati
Bihar	Muzaffarpur, Patna
Chandigarh	Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh	Raipur
Delhi	Delhi (N.D.M.C.)
Gujarat	Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara
Jammu & Kashmir	Jammu, Srinagar
Karnataka	Bengaluru, Devanagere, Hubli-Dharwad
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal, Gwalior, Indore, Sagar, Ujjain
Maharashtra	Aurangabad, Nagpur, Nashik, Pune, Solapur, Thane
Nagaland	Kohima
Odisha	Bhubneshwar, Rourkela
Punjab	Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana
Rajasthan	Jaipur, Kota, Udaipur
Tamil Nadu	Tiruchirapalli, Thoothukudi
Uttar Pradesh	Agra, Prayagraj (Allahabad), Bareilly, Jhansi, Kanpur, Lucknow, Moradabad, Varanasi,
Uttarakhand	Dehradun
West Bengal	Kolkata (New Town Kolkata)

 

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