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In 2019, India launched 'The National Clean Air Programme' with tentative national target of 20%-30% reduction in PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations by 2024, considering 2017 as the base year for comparison. It will be rolled out in 102 cities that are considered to have air quality worse than the National Ambient Air Quality Standards. [15]
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) India, in 2015 it conducted a survey of the least polluted cities in India as well, ranked based on air quality. Among the least-polluted cities are Pathanamthitta, Mangalore, Wayanad, Hassan, and Palakkad. The table below shows the ranking of these cities as per the PM10 content in the air.
The January 2024 version of the WHO database contains results of ambient (outdoor) air pollution monitoring from almost 5,390 towns and cities in 63 countries. Air quality in the database is represented by the annual mean concentration of particulate matter ( PM10 and PM2.5, i.e. particles smaller than 10 or 2.5 micrometers, respectively).
The air quality index, which has annually shrouded cities in northern India specifically Delhi in toxic haze, deteriorated yet again this week as the AQI value touched 554 on Saturday after ...
In April 2021, It was found that Gwalior had the best air quality index (AQI 152) amongst the 4 major cities in Madhya Pradesh. [7] Besides being the administrative headquarters of Gwalior district and Gwalior division, Gwalior has many administrative offices of the Chambal division of northern Madhya Pradesh. Several administrative and ...
The article lists cities in Kerala according to the WHO's database on ambient (outdoor) air pollution monitoring from almost 1600 cities in 91 countries. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It includes 124 Indian cities, eight of which are from Kerala.
The average person takes thousands of breaths a day but probably doesn't think about the quality of the air he or she is breathing. Residents of New York City, you should be particularly concerned ...
In fact, a recent study out of BetArizona analyzed the air quality index of each state between March 2023 and 2024, in order to determine the states with the best air quality. Washington ranked in ...