AMBIENT AIR QUALITY DATA
YEAR - 2004

Annual Average Concentration of Air Pollutants under National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP)

Table 1: Summary of SO2 levels in various cities during 2004.

S.No.

STATE/UT

CITY

LOCATION

Type of Area

Average
(mg/m3)

Std.

deviation

n

Air Quality

1

Orissa

Talcher

T.T.P.S. Colony

I

5

1

104

L

Angul

Industrial Estate

I

5

2

106

L

NALCO Nagar Township

R

BDL

1

103

L

Rourkela

IDL Police Outpost

R

4

1

106

L

Regional Office

R

5

1

109

L

Rayagada

Jaykaypur

I

BDL

0.4

100

L

Regional Office

R

BDL

0.3

95

L

Bhubaneshwar

SPCB Building

R

BDL

0.3

363

L

Table 2: Summary of NO2 levels in various cities during 2004.

S.No.

STATE/UT

CITY

LOCATION

Type of Area

Average
(mg/m3)

Std.

deviation

n

Air Quality

1

Orissa

Talcher

T.T.P.S. Colony

I

20

4

104

L

Angul

Industrial Estate

I

8

3

106

L

NALCO Nagar Township

R

17

4

103

L

Rourkela

IDL Police Outpost

R

8

2

106

L

Regional Office

R

9

1

109

L

Rayagada

Jaykaypur

I

9

4

101

L

Regional Office

R

7

3

100

L

Bhubaneshwar

SPCB Building

R

11

6

364

L

 

Table 3: Summary of RSPM levels in various cities during 2004.

S.No.

STATE/UT

CITY

LOCATION

Type of Area

Average
(mg/m3)

Std.

deviation

n

Air Quality

1

Orissa

Talcher

T.T.P.S. Colony

I

79

35

104

M

Angul

Industrial Estate

I

95

38

107

M

NALCO Nagar Township

R

61

28

104

H

Rourkela

IDL Police Outpost

R

101

42

109

C

Regional Office

R

82

23

110

H

Rayagada

Jaykaypur

I

73

19

106

M

Regional Office

R

56

18

104

M

Bhubaneshwar

SPCB Building

R

59

40

364

M

Table 4: Summary of SPM levels in various cities during 2004.

S.No.

STATE/UT

CITY

LOCATION

Type of Area

Average
(mg/m3)

Std.

deviation

n

Air Quality

1

Orissa

Talcher

T.T.P.S. Colony

I

163

72

104

L

Angul

Industrial Estate

I

203

74

107

M

NALCO Nagar Township

R

113

50

104

M

Rourkela

IDL Police Outpost

R

188

71

109

H

Regional Office

R

165

43

110

H

Rayagada

Jaykaypur

I

132

42

106

L

Regional Office

R

100

36

104

M

Bhubaneshwar

SPCB Building

R

107

73

364

M

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