New Delhi: In an effort to solve the impairment of air quality in major Indian cities, the government launched targeted net air plans in 130 cities with more than 1 million inhabitants, each, the Minister of the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh said on Thursday.
City plans, part of the National Air Air Program (NCAP), will focus on air pollution sources such as soils and road dust, vehicles, home fuel, solid waste combustion, building materials and industries, the Minister of Parliament said.
Air pollution in India, especially in its large cities, is the main problem and seriously affects public health and the overall quality of life. The government launched NCAP in 2019 to reduce air pollution.
Studies in the division of source (SA) carried out in cities within NCAP show that dust from road and construction and demolition activities is the main sources of PM10, which in most cities contribute 40-50%. SA is defined as a local study that determines contributing resources to the surrounding part (PM) measured at monitoring stations.
Within NCAP, the cities have preferred to work on road improvements, traffic decongestion, improvement of the intersection and green open spaces within specific action plans, Singh said.
Around £1306 Crore was released for 130 cities under NCAP from the beginning of FY20 to 20 July 2025 to perform various activities to control air pollution. This amount, £Urban used the local authorities 9 209 Crore.
Specific measures to inspect industrial pollution are primarily carried out by industrial sectors and monitoring and enforcement of emission standards is carried out by the State Audit Council of the State.
The government announced BS-VI emission standards for fuel and jumped out of BS-IV. The central government has also launched schemes such as PM E-drive and PM-Ebus Sewa to support electrical mobility.
In order to check biomass combustion in agricultural fields, the Center Control Control (CPCB) has instructions to provide one -off financial assistance in establishing pelletizations and torrefaction plants that can help solve supplier chain problems and the issue of open burns in the North India.
The Air Quality Commission in the National Capital and adjacent areas (CAQM) also issued instructions for deductible 5-10% biomass with coal in thermal power plants located up to 300 km from Dilli and in captured industrial units located in NCR.
Performance -based grants are also released to the city local authorities earmarked 130 cities within NCAP through control of pollution by the central sector and 15.
The Minister also rejected a report on the private entity “World Air Quality Report 2024”, which included India as the fifth most polluted country in the world.
Singh said that, according to a report, 38% of data sources come from government agencies and the remaining 62% come from other agencies. The data used for analysis include data generated by low -cost sensors (LCS), which is not used for control purposes.
Data from different monitors and data sources may have a degree of errors and uncertainty and is therefore prone to introduction, the Minister of Parliament said.
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