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| Ambient
Air Quality Status of Some Cities/Towns in India |
| Foreword
Monitoring of air quality of various cities/towns is one of the major activities
of the Pollution Control Boards under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution)
Act 1981. Accordingly the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) launched the
National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (NAAQM) programme in 1984-85 with seven
stations at Agra and Annapara. The NAAQM network will cover 256 locations spread
over 17 States and 4 Union Territories by March 1991.
The current report
gives the status of air quality of the towns covered under NAAQM for the period
1987-1989. The statistically processed data pertaining to this period has already
been brought out separately as a CPCB's report, NAAQMS/l/1990-91.
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In Chapter
I of this report is presented an introduction to the programme, in Chapter II
the findings, in Chapter III details of the NAAQM network and in Chapter IV the
air quality status for the various cities/towns.
The active participation
of the State Pollution Control Boards in the NAAQM programme is gratefully acknowledged
It
is hoped that this report will be useful in formulating air quality management
plan in the cities where the quality is poor and in planning for further growth
in industries. | |
N.S.
Tiwana
Chairman,
CPCB | |
