By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
New Delhi: The Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB) is running a nation-wide programme of ambient air quality monitoring known as National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). Based on the monitoring of ambient air quality, fifty-one (51) non-attainment cities have been identified in the country in which the prescribed Respirable Particulate Matter (RSPM) levels, specified under the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), are not met.
The list of cities and their pollution level :
|
Order |
City |
RSPM Annual average concentration during 2005 (Res. Areas) |
|
1 |
Gobindgarh |
250 |
|
2 |
Ludhiana |
232 |
|
3 |
Raipur |
192 |
|
4 |
Lucknow |
186 |
|
5 |
Kanpur |
178 |
|
6 |
Jalandhar |
175 |
|
7 |
Alwar |
160 |
|
8 |
Jharia |
156 |
|
9 |
Dehradun |
150 |
|
10 |
Faridabad |
148 |
|
11 |
Agra |
147 |
|
12 |
Ahmedabad |
134 |
|
13 |
Vapi |
134 |
|
14 |
Solapur |
129 |
|
15 |
Jamnagar |
129 |
|
16 |
Indore |
126 |
|
17 |
Ankaleshwar |
126 |
|
18 |
Satna |
124 |
|
19 |
Surat |
124 |
|
20 |
Dhanbad |
121 |
|
21 |
Bhilai |
118 |
|
22 |
Delhi |
115 |
|
23 |
Howrah |
113 |
|
24 |
Guwahati |
112 |
|
25 |
Kolkata |
110 |
|
26 |
Patna |
109 |
|
27 |
Nagda |
108 |
|
28 |
Jodhpur |
107 |
|
29 |
Nasik |
105 |
|
30 |
Chandrapur |
105 |
|
31 |
Kota |
104 |
|
32 |
Varanasi |
103 |
|
33 |
Pune |
101 |
|
34 |
Visakhapatnam |
96 |
|
35 |
Rourkela |
93 |
|
36 |
Vadodara |
90 |
|
37 |
Chandigarh |
89 |
|
38 |
Jabalpur |
82 |
|
39 |
Jaipur |
80 |
|
40 |
Mumbai |
79 |
|
41 |
Udaipur |
78 |
|
42 |
Trivendrum |
77 |
|
43 |
Korba |
75 |
|
44 |
Hyderabad |
75 |
|
45 |
Rayagada |
75 |
|
46 |
Bangalore |
68 |
|
47 |
Nagpur |
67 |
|
48 |
Kozhikode |
67 |
|
49 |
Titicorin |
65 |
|
50 |
Angul |
65 |
|
51 |
Gajraula |
60 |
Note :- The data of Jharia is of industrial area and data of
Agra is of Taj Mahal (Sensitive area)