Question raised in Lok Sabha on National Ambient Air Quality Standards, 28/07/2015
Question raised in Lok Sabha on National Ambient Air Quality Standards, 28/07/2015. The National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) notified by the Government are at Annexure-I. The ambient air quality is monitored at 593 locations in 249 cities, towns and industrial areas across 28 States and 5 Union Territories by CPCB in association with the concerned State Pollution Control Boards and Pollution Control Committees for UTs for SO2, NO2, and PM10 under National Air Monitoring Programme (NAMP). The data so received under NAMP for 46 million plus cities has been analysed for 2012, 2013 and 2014. The levels of NO2 (annual average) exceeded in 9 cities whereas levels of PM10 (annual average) exceeded the norms in 39 cities during 2014 (Annexure- II).