Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

NCAP targets to achieve reductions up to 40% of PM 10 concentrations by 2025-26

Posted On: 06 APR 2023 8:13PM by PIB Delhi

MoEFCC provides financial assistance to States/ UTs under National Ambient Air Quality Programme (NAMP) for monitoring of ambient air quality in towns and cities. Presently 1340 Monitoring Stations have been set up for monitoring ambient air quality in 489 cities and towns of the country. Details of Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations in 489 cities/towns, are provided at Annexure I.

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) in January, 2019 with an aim to improve air quality in 131 cities (non-attainment cities and Million Plus Cities in 24 States by engaging all stakeholders. The Programme envisages to achieve reductions up to 40% or achievement of National Ambient Air Quality Standards for Particulate Matter10 (PM 10) concentrations by 2025-26. Under the Programme, Cities are required to take measures to improve air quality inter-alia include solid waste management, control of pollution from biomass burning and air pollution from construction & demolition activities.

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has launched the scheme ‘Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban 2.0’ which aims at setting up of setting up of solid waste management processing facilities, remediation of all legacy waste dumpsites in all cities, C&D waste management and procurement of mechanical road sweepers in 152 cities/towns which includes 131 cities covered under NCAP.

MoEFCC has notified Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 which provide statutory framework for the management of solid waste in the country. Rules mandate the local authorities and village panchayats of census towns and urban agglomerations, to allow only the non-usable, non-recyclable, non-biodegradable, non-combustible and non-reactive inert waste and pre-processing rejects and residues from waste processing facilities to go to sanitary landfill sites.

To address the issue of plastic pollution with effective measures, MoEFCC notified the Plastic Waste Management (PWM) Rules, 2016. MoEFCC issued notification in August, 2021 for phasing out of 12 Single-Use Plastics (SUP) items w.e.f. 1st July, 2022. Plastic packaging waste, which is not covered under the phase out of identified single use plastic items, is to be collected and managed in an environmentally sustainable way through Guidelines for Extended Producer Responsibility notified by MoEFCC on 16th February 2022.

This information was given by Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.

 

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Annexure I

Details of Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations in 489 cities of the country

 

Sl.No.

State / Union Territory

City / town

Real time stations

Manual stations

  1.  

Andaman & Nicobar (UT)

Brookshabd

 

1

  1.  

Port Blair

 

2

  1.  

Andhra Pradesh

Amaravati

1

 
  1.  

Anatapur

1

4

  1.  

Chittor

1

5

  1.  

Eluru

 

4

  1.  

Guntur

 

4

  1.  

Kadapa

1

5

  1.  

Kakinada

 

4

  1.  

Kurnool

 

4

  1.  

Nellore

 

4

  1.  

Ongole

 

4

  1.  

Rajahmundry

1

4

  1.  

Srikakulam

 

4

  1.  

Tirupati

2

4

  1.  

Vijayawada

2

9

  1.  

Visakhapatnam

1

9

  1.  

Vizianagaram

 

4

  1.  

Arunachal Pradesh

Itanagar

 

1

  1.  

Naharlagun

1

1

  1.  

Assam

Bongaigaon

 

2

  1.  

Byrnihat

1

 
  1.  

Daranga

 

1

  1.  

Dibrugarh

 

1

  1.  

Golaghat

 

1

  1.  

Guwahati

4

8

  1.  

Magherita

 

1

  1.  

Nagaon

1

3

  1.  

Nalbari

1

3

  1.  

North Lakhimpur

 

1

  1.  

Silcher

1

3

  1.  

Sivasagar

1

3

  1.  

Tezpur

 

1

  1.  

Tinsukia

 

3

  1.  

Bihar

Araria

1

 
  1.  

Arrah

1

 
  1.  

Aurangabad

1

 
  1.  

Begusarai

1

1

  1.  

Bettiah

1

 
  1.  

Bhagalpur

2

 
  1.  

Bihar Sharif

1

 
  1.  

Buxar

1

 
  1.  

Chhapra

1

 
  1.  

Darbhanga

1

1

  1.  

Gaya

3

1

  1.  

Hajipur

1

 
  1.  

Katihar

1

 
  1.  

Kishanganj

1

 
  1.  

Manguraha

1

 
  1.  

Motihari

1

 
  1.  

Munger

1

 
  1.  

Muzaffarpur

3

1

  1.  

Patna

6

2

  1.  

Purnia

1

 
  1.  

Rajgir

1

1

  1.  

Saharsa

1

 
  1.  

Samastipur

1

 
  1.  

Sasaram

1

1

  1.  

Siwan

1

 
  1.  

Chandigarh (UT)

Chandigarh

3

5

  1.  

Chattisgarh

 

Chattisgarh

Bilaspur

1

1

  1.  

Chhal

1

 
  1.  

Durg-Bhillainagar

3

4

  1.  

Jagdalpur

   
  1.  

Korba

2

3

  1.  

Kunjemura

1

 
  1.  

Milupara

1

 
  1.  

Raigarh

 

3

  1.  

Raipur

4

6

  1.  

Tumidih

1

 
  1.  

Dadara& Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (UT)

Baldevi (Dadra & Nagar Haveli)

 

1

  1.  

Daman

 

2

  1.  

Patlara (Daman)

 

1

  1.  

Silvasa

 

2

  1.  

Delhi (UT)

Delhi

40

10

  1.  

Goa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goa

Amona

 

1

  1.  

Assanora

 

1

  1.  

Bicholim

 

1

  1.  

Codli

 

1

  1.  

Cuncolim

 

1

  1.  

Curchorem

 

1

  1.  

Honda

 

1

  1.  

Kundaim

 

1

  1.  

Mapusa

 

1

  1.  

Margao

 

1

  1.  

Marmagao

 

1

  1.  

Panaji

 

1

  1.  

Ponda

 

1

  1.  

Sanguem

 

1

  1.  

Tilamol

 

1

  1.  

Tuem

 

1

  1.  

Usgao-Pale

 

1

  1.  

Vasco

 

1

  1.  

Gujarat

Ahmedabad

9

9

  1.  

Ankleshwar

1

2

  1.  

Gandhinagar

4

 
  1.  

Jamnagar

 

1

  1.  

Nandesari

1

 
  1.  

Rajkot

 

2

  1.  

Surat

 

3

  1.  

Vadodara

 

5

  1.  

Vapi

1

2

  1.  

Vatva

1

 
  1.  

Haryana

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Haryana

Ambala

1

 
  1.  

Bahadurgarh

1

 
  1.  

Ballabgarh

1

 
  1.  

Bhiwani

1

 
  1.  

CharkhiDadri

1

 
  1.  

Dharuhera

1

 
  1.  

Faridabad

4

2

  1.  

Fatehabad

1

 
  1.  

Gurgaon

4

 
  1.  

Hissar

1

2

  1.  

Jind

1

 
  1.  

Kaithal

1

 
  1.  

Karnal

1

 
  1.  

Kurukshetra

1

 
  1.  

Mandikhera

1

 
  1.  

Manesar

1

 
  1.  

Narnaul

1

 
  1.  

Palwal

1

 
  1.  

Panchukula Urban Estate

1

 
  1.  

Panipat

1

 
  1.  

Riwari

   
  1.  

Rohtak

1

 
  1.  

Sirsa

1

 
  1.  

Sonepat

1

 
  1.  

Thanesar

   
  1.  

Yamuna Nagar

1

1

  1.  

Himachal Pradesh

Baddi

1

3

  1.  

Damtal

 

2

  1.  

Dharamshala

 

2

  1.  

Gulaba

 

1

  1.  

Kala Amb

 

2

  1.  

Manali

 

2

  1.  

Marhi

 

1

  1.  

Nalagarh

 

1

  1.  

Parwanoo

 

2

  1.  

Poanta Sahib

 

2

  1.  

Shimla

 

2

  1.  

Sunder Nagar

 

2

  1.  

Una

 

2

  1.  

Vashisht

 

1

  1.  

Jammu & Kashmir (UT)

 

 

 

Jammu & Kashmir (UT)

Anantnag (K)

 

1

  1.  

Bandipora (K)

 

1

  1.  

Baramulla (K)

 

2

  1.  

Budgam (K)

 

1

  1.  

Doda (J)

 

1

  1.  

Ganderbal (K)

 

1

  1.  

Jammu

 

6

  1.  

Khathua (J)

 

2

  1.  

Kulgam (K)

 

1

  1.  

Poonch (J)

 

1

  1.  

Pulwama (K)

 

2

  1.  

Rajouri(J)

 

2

  1.  

Ramban (J)

 

1

  1.  

Reasi (J)

 

1

  1.  

Samba (J)

 

1

  1.  

Shopian (K)

 

1

  1.  

Srinagar (K)

1

5

  1.  

Udhampur (J)

 

1

  1.  

Jharkhand

Barajamda

 

1

  1.  

Dhanbad

 

3

  1.  

Jamshedpur

 

2

  1.  

Jharia

 

1

  1.  

Jorapokhar

1

 
  1.  

Ranchi

 

1

  1.  

Saraikela

 

1

  1.  

Sindri

 

1

  1.  

Karnataka

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karnataka

Bagalkote

1

1

  1.  

Bangalore

12

9

  1.  

Belgaum

1

1

  1.  

Bidar

1

1

  1.  

Bijapur / Vijayapura

1

1

  1.  

Chamarajanagar

1

 
  1.  

Chikkaballapur

1

 
  1.  

Chikkamagaluru

1

 
  1.  

Chitradurga

 

1

  1.  

Devanagere

1

3

  1.  

Gadag

1

 
  1.  

Gulbarga / Kalaburgi

2

1

  1.  

Hassan

1

1

  1.  

Haveri

1

 
  1.  

Hubli-Dharwad

3

2

  1.  

Karwar

 

1

  1.  

Kolar 

1

1

  1.  

Koppal

1

 
  1.  

Madikeri

1

 
  1.  

Mandya

 

1

  1.  

Mangalore

1

1

  1.  

Mysore

1

2

  1.  

Raichur

1

1

  1.  

Ramanagara

1

 
  1.  

Shimaga / Shivamogga

1

1

  1.  

Tumkuru

1

1

  1.  

Udupi

1

 
  1.  

Yadgir

1

 
  1.  

Kerala

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kerala

Alappuzha

 

2

  1.  

Eloor

1

 
  1.  

Ernakulam

1

 
  1.  

Kannur

1

 
  1.  

Kochi

1

8

  1.  

Kollam

1

2

  1.  

Kottayam

 

2

  1.  

Kozhikode

1

2

  1.  

Mallapuram

 

2

  1.  

Palakkad

 

1

  1.  

Pathanamthitta

 

1

  1.  

Thiruvalla

 

1

  1.  

Thiruvanantapuram

2

4

  1.  

Thrissur

1

2

  1.  

Wayanad

 

2

  1.  

Lakshadweep (UT)

Kavaratti

 

1

  1.  

Madhya Pradesh

Amlai

 

2

  1.  

Bhopal

2

8

  1.  

Chindwara

 

2

  1.  

Damoh

1

 
  1.  

Dewas

1

3

  1.  

Gwalior

4

3

  1.  

Indore

1

3

  1.  

Jabalpur

1

2

  1.  

Katni

1

2

  1.  

Maihar

1

 
  1.  

Mandideep

1

 
  1.  

Nagda

 

3

  1.  

Pithampur

1

2

  1.  

Ratlam

1

 
  1.  

Rewa

 

1

  1.  

Sagar

2

2

  1.  

Satna

1

2

  1.  

Singrauli

1

3

  1.  

Ujjain

1

4

  1.  

Maharashtra

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maharashtra

Akola

 

3

  1.  

Ambernath

 

1

  1.  

Amravati

 

3

  1.  

Aurangabad

1

4

  1.  

Badlapur

 

1

  1.  

Bhiwandi

 

3

  1.  

Chandrapur

2

6

  1.  

Dombivali / Kalyan

1

1

  1.  

Jalgaon

 

3

  1.  

Jalna

 

2

  1.  

Kolhapur

 

3

  1.  

Latur

 

3

  1.  

Lote

 

2

  1.  

Mahad

 

3

  1.  

Mumbai

20

3

  1.  

Nagpur

1

7

  1.  

Nanded

 

3

  1.  

Nashik

1

4

  1.  

Navi Mumbai

4

6

  1.  

Pimpri-Chinchwad

 

1

  1.  

Pune

8

3

  1.  

Roha

 

2

  1.  

Sangli

 

3

  1.  

Solapur

1

2

  1.  

Tarapur

 

3

  1.  

Thane

1

3

  1.  

Ulhasnagar

 

2

  1.  

Vasai-virar

1

 
  1.  

Manipur

Imphal

2

1

  1.  

Meghalaya

Byrnihat

 

2

  1.  

Dawki

 

1

  1.  

Khlihriat

 

1

  1.  

Nongstoin

 

1

  1.  

Shillong

2

4

  1.  

Tura

 

1

  1.  

Umaim

 

1

  1.  

Mizoram

 

Mizoram

Aizwal

1

5

  1.  

Champhai

 

2

  1.  

Kolasib

 

2

  1.  

Lawngtlai

 

2

  1.  

Lunglei

 

2

  1.  

Mamit

 

2

  1.  

Saiha

 

2

  1.  

Serchhip

 

2

  1.  

Nagaland

Dimapur

 

7

  1.  

Kohima

1

3

  1.  

Odisha

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Odisha

Angul

 

3

  1.  

Balangir

 

3

  1.  

Balasore

 

3

  1.  

Baripada

1

 
  1.  

Berhampur

 

1

  1.  

Bhubaneshwar

 

6

  1.  

Bileipada

1

 
  1.  

Bonaigarh

 

1

  1.  

Brajrajnagar

1

 
  1.  

Cuttack

 

3

  1.  

Jharsuguda

 

3

  1.  

Kalinga Nagar

 

3

  1.  

Kandhamal

 

3

  1.  

Kendrapara

 

3

  1.  

Keonjhar

1

 
  1.  

Konark

 

1

  1.  

Mayurbhanj

 

3

  1.  

Nayagarh

1

 
  1.  

Paradeep

 

3

  1.  

Puri

 

2

  1.  

Rairangpur

1

 
  1.  

Rajgangpur

 

1

  1.  

Rayagada

 

3

  1.  

Rourkela

3

4

  1.  

Sambalpur

 

1

  1.  

Suakati

1

 
  1.  

Talcher

1

3

  1.  

Tensa

1

 
  1.  

Pondicherry (UT)

Karaikal

 

3

  1.  

Pondicherry

1

3

  1.  

Punjab

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Punjab

Aligarh (Jagraon)

 

1

  1.  

Amritsar

1

2

  1.  

AspalKhurd (Tapa)

 

1

  1.  

Bara Pind (Goraya)

 

1

  1.  

Batala

 

1

  1.  

Bhatinda

1

1

  1.  

Binjon (Garshankar)

 

1

  1.  

Bishanpura (Payal)

 

1

  1.  

Changal (Sangrur)

 

1

  1.  

Chowkimann (Jagraon)

 

1

  1.  

Dera Baba Nanak

 

1

  1.  

DeraBassi

 

2

  1.  

Fatehpur (Samana)

 

1

  1.  

GobindgarhMandiGobindgarh

1

3

  1.  

Guru Ki Dhab (Kotkapura)

 

1

  1.  

Gurdaspur

 

1

  1.  

JaitoSarja (Batala)

 

1

  1.  

Jalandhar

1

4

  1.  

Khanna

1

2

  1.  

Kharaori (Sirhind)

 

1

  1.  

Kotladoom (Ajnala)

 

1

  1.  

LakhokeBehram (Ferozpur)

 

1

  1.  

Ludhiana

1

4

  1.  

Moga

   
  1.  

Mrar Kalan (Muktsar)

 

1

  1.  

Mukandpur (Nawashahar)

 

1

  1.  

Mureedke (Batala)

 

1

  1.  

Naudhrani (Malerkotla)

 

1

  1.  

NayaNangal

 

2

  1.  

Patiala

1

3

  1.  

Pathankot

 

1

  1.  

Peer Mohammad (Jalalabad)

 

1

  1.  

Poohli (Bhatinda)

 

1

  1.  

QilaBharian (Sangrur)

 

1

  1.  

Rakhra (Patiala)

 

1

  1.  

Rohila (Samrala)

 

1

  1.  

Rupnagar

1

 
  1.  

Subanpur (Dhilwan)

 

1

  1.  

Srihind

 

1

  1.  

Tirathpur (Amritsar I)

 

1

  1.  

Rajasthan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rajasthan

Ajmer

1

 
  1.  

Alwar

1

3

  1.  

Bharatpur

1

3

  1.  

Bhiwadi

1

3

  1.  

Bikaner

1

 
  1.  

Churu

1

 
  1.  

Chittorgargh

 

3

  1.  

Dholpur

1

 
  1.  

Jaipur

3

9

  1.  

Jodhpur

2

9

  1.  

Kota

3

6

  1.  

Pali

1

 
  1.  

Sirohi

1

 
  1.  

Sikar

   
  1.  

Tonk

1

 
  1.  

Udaipur

1

3

  1.  

Sikkim

Chungthang

 

1

  1.  

Gangtok

1

2

  1.  

Mangan

 

1

  1.  

Namchi

 

1

  1.  

Pelling

 

1

  1.  

Rangpo

 

1

  1.  

Ravangla

 

1

  1.  

Singtam

 

1

  1.  

Tamilnadu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tamilnadu

Ariyalur

1

 
  1.  

Chengalpattu

1

 
  1.  

Chennai

9

11

  1.  

Coimbatore

2

3

  1.  

Cuddalore

 

3

  1.  

Dindigul

1

 
  1.  

Dharmapuri

 

3

  1.  

Gummidipoondi

1

 
  1.  

Hosur

1

 
  1.  

Kanchipuram

1

 
  1.  

Ooty

1

 
  1.  

Madurai

 

3

  1.  

Mettur

 

2

  1.  

Nagercoil

 

3

  1.  

Perambalur

 

3

  1.  

Ramanathapuram

1

 
  1.  

Salem

1

1

  1.  

Sivagangai

 

3

  1.  

Theni

 

3

  1.  

Tiruvannamalai

 

3

  1.  

Tiruvarur

 

3

  1.  

Trichy

 

5

  1.  

Tirupur

1

 
  1.  

Tuticorin / Thoothukudi

1

3

  1.  

Vellore

1

 
  1.  

Villupuram

 

3

  1.  

Telangana 

Adilabad

 

1

  1.  

Hyderabad

12

10

  1.  

Karimnagar

 

1

  1.  

Khammam

 

2

  1.  

Kothur

 

1

  1.  

Nalgonda

 

2

  1.  

Nizamabad

 

1

  1.  

Patencheru

1

1

  1.  

Ramagundum

 

1

  1.  

Sangareddy

1

3

  1.  

Warangal

 

2

  1.  

Tripura

Agartala

2

2

  1.  

Uttar Pradesh

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uttar Pradesh

Agra

6

6

  1.  

Aligarh

 

2

  1.  

Allahabad

3

5

  1.  

Anpara

 

2

  1.  

Ayodhya

 

2

  1.  

Bagpat

2

2

  1.  

Bareily

2

2

  1.  

Bulandshahr

1

 
  1.  

Firozabad

2

3

  1.  

Gajroula

 

2

  1.  

Ghaziabad

4

4

  1.  

Gorakhpur

1

3

  1.  

Greater Noida

1

2

  1.  

Hapur

1

2

  1.  

Hatras

 

2

  1.  

Jhansi

1

2

  1.  

Kanpur

4

9

  1.  

Khurja

1

2

  1.  

Lucknow

7

8

  1.  

Mathura

 

2

  1.  

Meerut

3

2

  1.  

Moradabad

7

2

  1.  

Muzaffarnagar

1

2

  1.  

Noida

4

4

  1.  

Raibareli

 

3

  1.  

Saharanpur

 

2

  1.  

Unnao

 

2

  1.  

Varanasi

4

5

  1.  

Vrindavan

1

 
  1.  

Uttarakhand

Dehradun

1

3

  1.  

Haldwani

 

1

  1.  

Haridwar

 

1

  1.  

Kashipur

1

3

  1.  

Rishikesh

1

3

  1.  

Rudrapur

 

1

  1.  

West Bengal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Bengal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

West Bengal

Alipurduar

 

1

  1.  

Amtala

 

1

  1.  

Asansol

1

3

  1.  

Baharampur

 

1

  1.  

Balurghat

 

1

  1.  

Bankura

 

1

  1.  

Barasat

 

1

  1.  

Bardhaman

 

1

  1.  

Barrckpore

 

3

  1.  

Baruipur

 

1

  1.  

Birpara

 

1

  1.  

Bolpur

 

1

  1.  

Chinsura

 

1

  1.  

Coochbihar

 

2

  1.  

Dankuni

 

1

  1.  

Darjeeling

 

1

  1.  

Durgapur

1

4

  1.  

Ghatal

 

1

  1.  

Haldia

1

4

  1.  

Howrah

3

4

  1.  

Jalpaiguri

 

1

  1.  

Jhargram

 

1

  1.  

Jaigaon

 

1

  1.  

Kalimpong

 

1

  1.  

Kalyani

 

1

  1.  

Kharagpur

 

1

  1.  

Kolkata

7

21

  1.  

Krishnanagar

 

1

  1.  

Madhyamgram

 

1

  1.  

Malda

 

1

  1.  

Medinipur

 

1

  1.  

Purulia

 

1

  1.  

Raigunj

 

1

  1.  

Rampurhat

 

1

  1.  

Ranaghat

 

1

  1.  

Raniganj

 

3

  1.  

Rishra

 

1

  1.  

Sankrail

 

4

  1.  

Siliguri

1

1

  1.  

Suri

 

1

  1.  

Tamluk

 

1

  1.  

Tribeni

 

1

  1.  

Uluberia

 

1

  1.  

Uttarpara

 

1

 

 

 

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