India’s most polluted: 30% have no cleanup plan

India’s most polluted: 30% have no cleanup plan

News:

1. Central pollution Control Board shows concern over non-submission of climate plan.

Important Facts:

2. Most polluted cities in India are not showing interest to submit pollution mitigationplan.

3. Out of 102 polluted alarming cities, only 73 have submitted a plan to the CPCB.

4. Some cities has submitted the plan without timeline and considered incomplete.

5. Special focus are on “non-attainment cities”. These are marked out by CPCB and need to implement 42 measures as a part of National Clean Air Campaign (NCAP) to mitigate air pollution.

6. The non-attainment cities are those that have fail to maintain the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for over five years.

7. Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Nagpur and Jaipur are among the prominent cities yet to submit their plans.

8. The direction to mitigate pollution were initially sent to Delhi.

9. According to CPCB only 30 cities are ready to roll out with mitigation plan.

10. Important measurement include to control pollution related to

• Vehicular emissions
• Re-suspension of road dust and other fugitive emissions
• Bio-mass
• Municipal solid waste burning
• Industrial pollution
• Construction and demolition activities.

11. Aim is to cut over all pollution by 35 % in next three years in these cities.

12. National Clean Air Campaign (NCAP) to setup 1000 air quality monitoring stations and 268 automatic stations.

13. According to WHO, there are 14 Indian cities in most polluted global list. Delhi and Varanasi are on the top.