Air quality status of Maharashtra 2013-14
Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has established Ambient Air Quality Network in Maharashtra covering major cities to comply with the mandate of Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and to disseminate status of air quality prevailing in the state of Maharashtra. The ambient air quality is monitored by the Board through manually operated stations at various locations in Maharashtra under National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program (NAMP)/State Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program (SAMP) and Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) at Mumbai, Pune and Solapur. This report compiles and presents illustrative statistical data of the ambient air quality in Maharashtra for the fiscal year 2013-14 along with air quality status comparison of last few years.