Urban Air Quality

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding plywood factories operating in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, 27/05/2025

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …

2018 world air quality report

India’s national capital region (NCR) emerged as the most polluted region in the world in 2018, according to this new report. Gurugram is the worst affected followed by Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Noida are amongst the top six most worst-affected cities. Delhi has been ranked the most polluted capital in the …

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Worsening air quality in cities, 11/02/2019

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Worsening air quality in cities, 11/02/2019. )Ambient air quality is monitored at 731 locations covering 312 cities/towns in 29 States and 6 Union Territories across the country under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). The ambient air quality data for million plus cities during …

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Air Pollution Levels, 08/02/2019

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Air Pollution Levels, 08/02/2019. The ambient air quality monitoring with respect to PM2.5 was initiated in 2014 under NAMP. The ambient air quality data for different cities of the country during 2014 and 2017 is attached at Annexure.

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Environmental Pollution, 08/02/2019

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Environmental Pollution, 08/02/2019. Ambient air quality is monitored at 731 locations covering 312 cities/towns in 29 States and 6 Union Territories across the country under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). The ambient air quality data for million plus cities during 2015-2017 is at …

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Level of Particulate Matter in Air, 08/02/2019

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Level of Particulate Matter in Air, 08/02/2019. Ambient air quality is monitored at 731 locations covering 312 cities/towns in 29 States and 6 Union Territories across the country under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). Ambient air quality data for PM2.5 and PM10 for …

Associations between coarse particulate matter air pollution and cause-specific mortality: A nationwide analysis in 272 Chinese cities

Coarse particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter between 2.5 and 10μm (PM2.5–10) air pollution is a severe environmental problem in developing countries, but its challenges to public health were rarely evaluated. The researchers aimed to investigate the associations between day-to-day changes in PM2.5–10 and cause-specific mortality in China. Original Source

Airpocalypse III: assessment of air pollution in Indian cities and National Clean Air Programme (NCAP)

Over 130 highly polluted cities violating the national air quality standards have been left out of the recently launched National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), a new study has revealed. A Greenpeace India report, which identified 139 cities where air pollution level exceeds national standards, said the NCAP is based on …

Britain pledges legislation in 2019 to combat deadly air pollution

Britain on Monday pledged to fight air pollution and introduce new legislation this year on air quality to save lives and billions of pounds for the economy. The government said Britain would become the first major economy to adopt air quality goals based on World Health Organization recommendations regarding people’s …

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on High pollution areas under NCAP, 07/01/2019

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on High pollution areas under NCAP, 07/01/2019. In order to address the increasing air pollution across the country in a comprehensive manner, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has finalized the National Clean Air Program (NCAP) as a pan India medium term five-year national …

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on WHO report on most polluted cities, 07/01/2019

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on WHO report on most polluted cities, 07/01/2019. Ambient air quality is monitored at 731 locations covering 312 cities/towns in 29 States and 6 Union Territories across the country under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). WHO Report has made assessment of Air quality data …

Question raised in Lok Sabha on National Clean Air Programme, 04/01/2019

Question raised in Lok Sabha on National Clean Air Programme, 04/01/2019. List of Non-Attainment Cities with Respect to Ambient Air Quality India to be Undertaken for Mitigation Measures under NCAP is at Annexure I. Source apportionment studies in the selected cities will be conducted by expert technical agencies like IITs, …

Perception study on air quality

Almost 80% of Indians polled across 17 cities believe that air pollution affects their quality of life, and 32% reported an effect on lifestyles, according to a new study. While 93% believe that air pollution has a negative impact on health, 80% feel sick when the air quality in their …

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Pollution free Delhi and other cities, 17/12/2018

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Pollution free Delhi and other cities, 17/12/2018. The Central Government has notified a Comprehensive Action Plan (CAP) and Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)for prevention, control and mitigation of air pollution in Delhi and NCR. The Central Government has also finalized National Clean Air Programme …

Report on special monitoring of ambient air quality & noise levels at Bhopal during Diwali Festival 2018

With reference to CPCB Head Office letter no A-21016/1/08-Mon/11351 dated 05.10.2018 & 25.10.2018, Regional Directorate (Central), Central Pollution Control Board, Bhopal has Conducted Ambient Air Quality monitoring in Bhopal city during celebration of Diwali festival in the year 2018 from 31.10.2018 to 14.11.2018 for the perameters of PM10, PM2.5, SO2, …

Delhi's air quality remains 'very poor' due to unfavourable meteorological conditions

Unfavourable meteorological conditions that slowed down dispersion of pollutants kept Delhi's air quality in the 'very poor' category for the third consecutive day on Wednesday as a thick haze engulfed the city, authorities said. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has come out with a list of nearly six lakh …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding air quality of Kolkata city, West Bengal, 27/11/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Subhas Datta Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 27/11/2018 regarding the alarming adverse air quality of Kolkata City which was stated to be highly polluted during the period commencing from mid-October to February end. The principal reason for …

China's steelmaking Hebei province issues smog alert from November 22

China’s top steelmaking province Hebei issued second-level smog alerts to its 10 cities, effective from Nov. 22, state-owned China Nation Radio (CNR) reported on Wednesday. The alert came as the provincial environmental bureau expects a wave of air pollution from Nov. 24 to 27. Heavy industry in the province will …

Introducing the Air Quality Life Index: twelve facts about particulate air pollution, human health, and global policy

Indians would have lived 4.3 years longer if the 2016 air quality met the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) annual safe air quality guideline of 10 micrograms per cubic metre, according to this new report Fine PM concentration increased by 69% in India in 20 years. If air pollution levels in …

Breakthroughs: China’s path to clean air 2013-2017

Clean Air Asia’s “Breakthroughs – China’s Path to Clean Air 2013-2017” report found that China’s air pollution control policies had achieved large-scale air quality improvements in more than 300 Chinese cities in the past five years while its economy continued to steadily grow.

Ban on trucks’ entry into city lifted

The ban on the entry of heavy vehicles into the national capital was lifted on Tuesday, four days after it was imposed due to alarming pollution levels, even as a thick haze engulfed the city with the air quality remaining in the “severe” category with the authorities saying that rains …

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