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In 2015, Government of India, together with IIT Kanpur launched the National Air Quality Index. [13] 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 ...
An air quality index (AQI) is an indicator developed by government agencies [1] to communicate to the public how polluted the air currently is or how polluted it is forecast to become. [2][3] As air pollution levels rise, so does the AQI, along with the associated public health risk. Children, the elderly and individuals with respiratory or ...
The air quality in Delhi, the capital territory of India, according to a WHO survey of 1,650 world cities, and a survey of 7,000 world cities by the US-based Health Effects Institute in August 2022, [2] is the worst of any major city in the world. It also affects the districts around Delhi. [3][4] Air pollution in India is estimated to kill ...
On an Air Quality Index (AQI) scale that measures only upto 500, Delhi clocked levels of 488, forcing the imposition of stricter curbs on the national capital’s 35 million residents who are at ...
Air pollution contributed to 620,000 deaths in India in 2010. Last year, the World Health Organization ranked New Delhi as the most polluted city in the world. Part of the problem may lie in the ...
That research found that over 64 per cent of Indians, approximately 900 million people, now live in areas that exceed India’s national air quality standard, which is more lenient than the World ...
Gangtok. Sikkim. 12.68. Source: Ministry of Urban Development [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.
Air pollution can affect nearly every organ and system of the body, negatively affecting nature and humans alike. Air pollution is a particularly big problem in emerging and developing countries, where global environmental standards often cannot be met. The data in this list refers only to outdoor air quality and not indoor air quality, which ...