Climate Agenda

31/1/2024 - PM2.5 Levels in Bihar Cities 🟢 #Araria was the most polluted city in #Bihar and #India, recording PM2.5 at 266 µg/m3 🟢 Seven cities in Bihar were in top 10 most polluted cities of India, Ten cities in the top 20, twelve cities in the top 30, thirteen cities in the top 40, and fifteen cities in the top 50 🟢 All cities recorded PM2.5 levels beyond NAAQS and WHO guideline levels 🟢 PM2.5 levels in #Patna recorded at 182 µg/m3 which is above the NAAQS (60 µg/m3) by #CPCB and 12 times the #WHO daily guideline levels (15 µg/m3) 🟢 Six cities in Bihar had PM2.5 levels above Patna #BiharDailyAQUpdate @BSPCBOfficial @TOIPatna @News18Bihar @ZeeBiharNews @Live_Cities

28/1/2024 - PM2.5 Levels in Bihar Cities 🟢 #Bhagalpur was the most polluted city in #Bihar, recording PM2.5 at 242 µg/m3 🟢 Three cities in Bihar were in top 10 most polluted cities of India, six cities in the top 20, nine cities in the top 30, nine cities in the top 40, and eleven cities in the top 50 🟢 18 cities out of 22 with air quality data in Bihar namely #Araria, #Arrah, #Aurangabad, #Bhagalpur, #Chhapra, #Gaya, #Hajipur, #Katihar, #Motihari, #Munger, #Muzaffarpur, #Patna, #Purnia, #Rajgir, #Saharsa, #Samastipur, #Sasaram, and #Siwan recorded higher pollution levels than NAAQS 🟢 All cities recorded PM2.5 levels beyond WHO guideline levels 🟢 PM2.5 levels in #Patna recorded at 166 µg/m3 which is above the NAAQS (60 µg/m3) by #CPCB and 11 times the #WHO daily guideline levels (15 µg/m3) 🟢 Five cities in Bihar had PM2.5 levels above Patna #BiharDailyAQUpdate @BSPCBOfficial @TOIPatna @News18Bihar @ZeeBiharNews @Live_Cities

22/1/2024 - PM2.5 Levels in Bihar Cities 🟢 #Saharsa was the most polluted city in #Bihar, recording PM2.5 at 194 µg/m3 🟢 Three cities in Bihar were top 10 most polluted cities of India, four cities in the top 20, six cities in the top 30, eight cities in the top 40, and eight cities in the top 50 🟢 16 cities out of 23 with air quality data in Bihar namely #Arrah, #Aurangabad, #Bhagalpur, #Chhapra, #Gaya, #Hajipur, #Katihar, #Motihari, #Muzaffarpur, #Patna, #Purnia, #Rajgir, #Saharsa, #Samastipur, #Sasaram, and #Siwan recorded higher pollution levels than NAAQS 🟢 All cities recorded PM2.5 levels beyond WHO guideline levels 🟢 PM2.5 levels in #Patna recorded at 156 µg/m3 which is above the NAAQS (60 µg/m3) by #CPCB and 10 times the #WHO daily guideline levels (15 µg/m3) 🟢 Three cities in Bihar had PM2.5 levels above Patna #BiharDailyAQUpdate @BSPCBOfficial @TOIPatna @News18Bihar @ZeeBiharNews @Live_Cities

18/1/2024 - PM2.5 Levels in Maharashtra Cities 🟢 #Ulhasnagar was the most polluted city in #Maharashtra, recording PM2.5 at 116 µg/m3 🟢 12 cities namely #Aurangabad, #Badlapur, #Bhiwandi, #Boisar, #Dhule, #Latur, #Nagpur, #Navi Mumbai, #Parbhani, #Sangli, #Thane, and #Ulhasnagar recorded higher pollution levels than India's NAAQS (60 µg/m3) 🟢 All cities recorded PM2.5 levels above WHO guideline levels (15 µg/m3) 🟢 PM2.5 levels in #Mumbai recorded at 45 µg/m3, which is below the NAAQS, by #CPCB and three times the #WHO daily guideline levels 🟢 26 cities in Maharashtra had PM2.5 levels above Mumbai @HiraliF @IndianExpress @kunalpurohit @RupsaChak @mankabTOI @pryagaroradesai @TOIMumbai @HTMumbai @NehaMadaanTOI @richapintoi @PrajaktaPol @iammukundkumar @theamrishkumar

National Clean Air Programme (#NCAP) Progress - Summary 🔴 NCAP: Launched in 2019, aims to reduce PM concentration by 20-30% compared to 2017 by 2024. In 2022, it was extended to 2026 with the goal of achieving up to 40% reduction 🔴 About this Report: Evaluates the flagship NCAP, concentrating on key areas such as institutional strengthening, finance, mitigation measures, source apportionment studies, and air quality trends. Critical findings are summarized here. 🔴 Report Link: energyandcleanair.org/wp/wp-… 1) Air Information Centers 🔵NCAP aimed to establish air information centres at central and regional levels by 2020; however, as of December 2023, only the central 'Portal for Regulation of Air Pollution in Non-Attainment Cities (#PRANA)' portal is functional 2) Pollution Forecasting 🟢Despite NCAP's goal for air pollution forecasting systems in non-attainment cities by 2022, only #Delhi has a functional system by December 2023 3) Utilization of #Funds 🔴Out of total allocations of 1253 crore to 82 non-attainment cities, only 498 crores (40%) was utilized till November 2023 🔴49 million plus cities were allocated 9610 crores out of which 5909 crore (62%) was utilised 🔴Overall, significant under utilization of the allocated funds 4) Key Initiatives Undertaken by Various Ministries in NCAP cities 🟡 Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (#MOHUA)- Swachh Bharat Mission (#SBM), Smart City Mission (#SCM), #AMRUT 🟡 Ministry of Heavy Industries (#MHI) - Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles (#FAME II) 🟡 Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (#MOPNG)- Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (#SATAT), City Gas Distribution Network (#CGD) and #GOBARdhan 🟡 Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (#MOEFCC)- Nagar Van Yojana (#NVY) 🟡 Ministry of Power (#MOP)- National Mission on Biomass, Installing Flue-Gas Desulfurization (#FGD) in Coal based Power Plants 🟡 Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (#MORTH)- Vehicle Scrapping Policy (#VSP) 5) Source Apportionment 🟢44 out of 131 non-attainment cities conducted #sourceapportionment studies by December 2023. 6) Monitoring Stations 🟠NCAP planned to increase manual monitoring stations under #NAMP from 703 to 1,500 by 2024 🟠As of December 2023, only 931 manual stations were operational, falling significantly short of the target 🟠For #CAAQMS, NCAP aimed for 150 stations, and currently, 531 are operational, indicating very good progress 🟠The rural monitoring network, with 26 manual stations, covers limited areas. The goal of establishing 100 rural monitoring stations by 2024 appears challenging 7) Air Quality and Most Polluted Cities 🔵227 cities had 75% PM10 data availability in 2023 - 85 cities under NCAP and 142 cities Non NCAP 🔵78 NCAP cities exceeded #PM10 National Ambient Air quality Standards (NAAQS) 🔵118 non-NCAP cities > NAAQS for PM10 levels 🔵Top 3 Polluted cities by PM10 - #Byrnihat (301 µg m-3) in Meghalaya/Assam, #Begusarai (265 µg m-3) in Bihar, and #GreaterNoida (228 µg m-3) in UP 🔵Top 50 polluted cities - Mostly in #Bihar (19), #Haryana (8) and #Rajasthan (8) 8) Recommendations 🟠High number of non-NCAP cities recording hazardous pollution levels - emphasizing the need to reassess the list of non-attainment cities 🟠 More balanced allocation of funds to address emission load reduction at source 🟠Setting up a penalization mechanism for the responsible authorities and sectors for non-compliance to the timelines and action points 🟠Public access to data generated through satellite, industrial air quality monitoring, continuous emission monitoring system (#CEMS), low-cost sensors and manual monitors 🟠Increase the number of monitoring stations to cover a wider geographical area, including rural regions 🟠Expedite the identification of airsheds in the country to formulate and implement #airshed based air quality management 🟠 Set stratified NAAQS with interim targets ------------------------------------------------------ 🔴2024 Report on NCAP Progress- energyandcleanair.org/wp/wp-… ------------------------------------------------------ Our Previous Reports on NCAP Progress 🔴2023 - energyandcleanair.org/wp/wp-… 🔴2022-energyandcleanair.org/wp/wp-… ------------------------------------------------------ #India #AirPollution #CleanAir #AirQuality #NationalCleanAirProgramme #NCAP #PM10 #PM25 #ParticulateMatter #NonAttainmentCity #AQI #NAAQS #WHO ------------------------------------------------------ @CPCB_OFFICIAL @CAQM_Official @DPCC_pollution @BSPCBOfficial @PTI_News @IndianExpress @HindustanTimes @timesofindia @aajtak @jayashreenandi @mankabTOI @_Vaishnavi_R @hridayeshjoshi @JasjeevGandhiok @priyangiTOI @abhi__naya @vijaypNBT @IpsitaTOI @richapintoi @GVajpeyee @AparnaBose4 @PostHighland @sabahvir @NehaMadaan

7/1/2024 - PM2.5 Levels in Bihar Cities 🟢 #Bhagalpur was the most polluted city in #Bihar, recording PM2.5 at 196 µg/m3 🟢 Two cities in Bihar were in the top 10 most polluted cities of India, four cities in the top 20, six cities in the top 30, seven cities in the top 40, and seven cities in the top 50 🟢 17 cities out of 23 with air quality data in Bihar namely #Araria, #Arrah, #Bhagalpur, #Chhapra, #Gaya, #Hajipur, #Katihar, #Motihari, #Munger, #Muzaffarpur, #Patna, #Purnia, #Rajgir, #Saharsa, #Samastipur, #Sasaram, and #Siwan recorded higher pollution levels than NAAQS 🟢 All cities recorded PM2.5 levels beyond WHO guideline levels 🟢 PM2.5 levels in #Patna recorded at 110 µg/m3 which is above the NAAQS (60 µg/m3) by #CPCB and 7 times the #WHO daily guideline levels (15 µg/m3) 🟢 Six cities in Bihar had PM2.5 levels above Patna #BiharDailyAQUpdate @BSPCBOfficial @TOIPatna @News18Bihar @ZeeBiharNews @Live_Cities