(a) whether on the basis of WHO report 2014-18, 102 cities have been identified which failed to meet prescribed standards to formulate and implement city specific action plan under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP);
(b) if so, the details thereof indicating the name of such cities; and
(c) the corrective steps taken by the Government so far in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
(SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)
(a) to (c) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has launched National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) as a long-term, time-bound, national level strategy to tackle the air pollution problem across the country in a comprehensive manner. Under NCAP, 102 non-attainment cities have been identified based on ambient air quality data for the period 2011 – 2015 and WHO report 2014/2018. List of cities enclosed at Annexure –I.City specific action plans have been approved for abatement of air pollution, causedby various sources which inter-alia includes vehicular emissions, industrial emission, dust, garbage dumping, burning of Municipal waste/industrial waste etc. For the cities with million plus population and PM10>90µg/m³, MoEF&CC has funding ?10 Crores in the current year for various components that inter-alia includes Installation and commissioning of CAAQMS, Creating green buffer zone along the roads, Mechanical street sweeper, Mobile Enforcement Unit, Public awareness and capacity building activities, Water sprinkler.For the cities with population, less than 5 lakhs, funds of ?10 lakhs per city is allocated and for cities with a population of 5 to10 lakhs,?20 lakhs per city have been allocated.
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