New Delhi: Three Years After the National Clean Water Program (NCAP) was carried out throughout India to reduce particle levels in 132 cities by 20-30%, analysis of air quality data revealed a little or no progress on the ground.
Ghaziabad, with an annual PM2.5 level above 100, remains the most polluted city in 2021, followed by Delhi and Noida.
The analysis was carried out as part of the NCAP Tracker, a joint project by Carboncopy and Biodiversity Respirer.
NCAP was launched in 2019 for air pollution addresses in 102 cities, with 30 more added later.
This 132 ‘non-city achievement’ does not meet the ambient national air quality standards under the quality of national air monitoring programs.
According to analysis, Noida, Delhi, Moradabad and Jodhpur saw only marginal dip at the PM2.5 level and were among the 10 most polluted cities throughout the year.
The PM2.5 Delhi level fell from 108 UG / M3 in 2019-102 UG / M3 in 2021 while the PM10 level was reduced from 217 UG / m3 for 207 UG / m3.
At present the Indian annual safe limit for PM2.5 and PM10 is 40 UG / M3 and 60 UG / M3.
Varanasi sees the highest decline as the annual PM2.5 level reduced from 91 UG / M3 in 2019-44 UG / M3 in 2021 while the PM10 level fell from 202 UG / M3 in 2019-93 UG / M3 last year.
Ronak Sutaria, CEO and Founder, Respirer Life Sciences, said, “Source of pollution in Delhi, Ghaziabad and Noida affected the entire airflow.
Solutions must think about across political and government boundaries.
” Track the level of pollution in Cityariar Khosla, your director, climate trend, emphasizes the need for the right data.
“A NCAP review in three years shows the past that despite focusing on improving air quality monitoring, only 36 of 132 cities have enough data available to analyze their performance.
Overall, there is a low use of funds, “he said.
Similarly, researchers at the Center for Research and Energy and Clean Water were revealed in their report ‘tracing Halimun Air: Reports on the development of national clean water programs’ that progress was very slow and rare in three years since the launch of the program.
Towards the target of 1,500 manual monitoring stations, only 818 currently in place, up only 115 of 703 in 2019.
In addition to carrying, none of the 132 ‘non-city achievement’ has completed the study of the capacity of the area to accumulate and disperse fixed emissions Maintain breathing air quality.
“Coordination between regional government institutions, regional and national must be quickly traced while upholding strict law to violators,” said Sunil Dahiya, the author of the report.
Three years NCAP: Delhi among the 10 worst cities
