AMBIENT AIR QUALITY DATA
YEAR - 2004

Annual Average Concentration of Air Pollutants (in mg/m3) in Assam under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP)

Table 1: Summary of SO2 levels in Guwahati during 2004.

S.No.

STATE/UT

CITY

LOCATION

Type of Area

Average
(mg/m3)

Std.

deviation

n

Air Quality

1

Assam

Guwahati

Bamunimaidam

R

BDL

1

78

L

Paltan Bazaar

R

4

1

70

L

 

Table 2: Summary of NO2 levels in Guwahati during 2004.

S.No.

STATE/UT

CITY

LOCATION

Type of Area

Average
(mg/m3)

Std.

deviation

n

Air Quality

1

Assam

Guwahati

Bamunimaidam

R

13

3

78

L

Paltan Bazaar

R

16

5

70

L

Table 3: Summary of RSPM levels in Guwahati during 2004.

S.No.

STATE/UT

CITY

LOCATION

Type of Area

Average
(mg/m3)

Std.

deviation

n

Air Quality

1

Assam

Guwahati

Bamunimaidam

R

120

20

78

C

Paltan Bazaar

R

149

28

70

C

Table 4: Summary of SPM levels in Guwahati during 2004.

S.No.

STATE/UT

CITY

LOCATION

Type of Area

Average
(mg/m3)

Std.

deviation

n

Air Quality

1

Assam

Guwahati

Bamunimaidam

R

176

25

78

H

Paltan Bazaar

R

221

39

70

C

 

Note:- R – Residential and other areas, I – Industrial area, Std deviation – Standard deviation,

n – number of days monitored for 16 and more hours a day

L- Low, M- Moderate, H – High and C – Critical levels of pollution based on exceedence factor