{"id":346096,"date":"2025-09-11T18:27:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=346096"},"modified":"2025-09-11T18:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T12:57:14","slug":"swachh-vayu-survekshan-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/swachh-vayu-survekshan-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>Indore topped Swachh Vayu Survekshan (SVS) 2025 for million-plus cities under NCAP, as announced by the Union Environment Minister.<\/p>\n<h2>About Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2025<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>SVS is an annual survey conducted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP).<\/li>\n<li>It is a rigorous, multi-tiered evaluation based on comprehensive due diligence under NCAP.<\/li>\n<li>It covers 130 NCAP cities each year to promote healthy competition and accelerate actions to improve air quality.<\/li>\n<li>It promotes healthy competition and faster action to improve air quality.<\/li>\n<li>The survey assesses eight areas, including road-dust control, solid-waste management, vehicular and industrial emissions, construction and demolition waste handling, public awareness, and particulate-matter improvements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Highlight<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Category-wise rankings:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Million-plus cities:<\/strong> Indore ranked first, Jabalpur second, and Agra with Surat shared third.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Population 3<\/strong><strong>\u201310 lakh:<\/strong> Amravati ranked first; Jhansi and Moradabad shared second; Alwar ranked third.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Population under 3 lakh:<\/strong> Dewas ranked first; Parwanoo ranked second; Angul ranked third.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Overall progress:<\/strong> PM10 declined in 103 of 130 cities. 64 cities achieved a 20% cut while 25 cities reached a 40% cut.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Metro trends:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Mumbai showed the highest decline (44%), followed by Kolkata (37%), Hyderabad and Bengaluru (26% each), Delhi (15%), and Chennai (12%).<\/li>\n<li>Of the 130 cities, 22 met the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) by reporting annual average PM10 concentrations of less than 60 micrograms per cubic metre (ug\/m3).<\/li>\n<li>Among the big metros, only Chennai met the acceptable limit, recording an annual average of 58 ug\/m3..<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recognitions and initiatives:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Indore and Udaipur received Ramsar \u201cWetland Cities\u201d certificates.<\/li>\n<li>A target to plant 75 crore plants during \u201cSeva Parv\u201d under \u201cEk Ped Maa ke Naam\u201d (Sept 17\u2013Oct 2) was announced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Indore topped Swachh Vayu Survekshan (SVS) 2025 for million-plus cities under NCAP, as announced by the Union Environment Minister. About Swachh Vayu Survekshan 2025 SVS is an annual survey conducted by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP). 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