Delhi is among the 31 of the 132 non-attainment cities under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) which have shown an increase in the level of PM10 pollutant concentration in 2020-21, the government told Parliament on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Responding to a query on the number of cities that have reported an improvement in air quality index (AQI) in the last two years out of the 132 non-attainment cities under NCAP, Minister of State for Environment Ashwini Choubey said 96 cities indicated a decrease in PM10 concentration and 31 cities showed an increase in the pollutant level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The ambient air quality data of Particulate Matter 10 or PM10 (size less than 10 micro metre) of 132 non-attainment\/ metropolitan cities indicated a decrease in PM10 concentration in 96 cities, increase in PM10 concentration in 31 cities and no change in concentration in four cities in 2020-2021 as compared to 2019-2020,” Choubey said in a written response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Data of Faridabad was not available for comparison, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the NCAP, launched in 2019 as a national-level strategy to reduce air pollution, Rs 423.21 crore have been sanctioned to non-attainment cities to initiate actions such as expansion of monitoring network, construction and demolition waste management facilities, non-motorised transport infrastructure, green buffers zone, use of mechanical street sweepers, composting units etc, the minister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the data, Delhi’s PM10 level increased from 192 micrograms per cubic metre (ug\/m3) of air in 2019-20 to 193 ug\/m3 in 2020-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Besides the national capital, the other 30 cities which showed an increase in PM10 level include Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Ludhiana, Agra, Visakhapatnam, Guwahati, Jammu, Srinagar, Indore, Thane and Hyderabad.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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