STATUS OF AIR QUALITY AND ACTION PLAN PREPARATION ACROSS MAHARASHTRA

Action plans approved for implementation

Action plans received by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)

Number of non-attainment cities included by CPCB to develop air pollution action plans (these cities recorded PM10 levels above safe limit of 60 microgrammes per cubic metre)

Cities that are highly polluted in Maharashtra, the highest in India

Number of cities with available air quality monitoring data *PM10 LEVEL

Particulate matter that is 10 micrograms per cubic metre or less in diameter

*NON-ATTAINMENT CITIES Cities that still do not have any action plan to tackle air pollution (Source: Greenpeace India)

CITIES REQUESTED TO REVISE ACTION PLANS

Mumbai Pune Amravati Aurangabad Kolhapur Jalna Latur

JAMMU AND KASHMIR

Srinagar

UTTARAKHAND

Kashipur, Rishikesh

RAJASTHAN

Alwar, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Udaipur

GUJARAT

Ahmedabad

MAHARASHTRA

Akola, Badlapur, Chandrapur, Jalgaon, Nagpur, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Sangli, Solapur, Ulhasnagar

(Source: CPCB)

CHHATTISGARH

Korba, Raipur

TELANGANA

Nalgonda

KARNATAKA

Bengaluru, Devanagere, Gulburga, Hubli-dharwad

WHY YOU SHOULD CARE

Around 6.7 million children below 5 years in Maharashtra are inhaling particulate matter (PM10) that is above permissible limits set by the law, of which 1.4 million children are exposed to twice the permitted pollution standards, revealed the second edition of air quality report in India by Greenpeace India Airpocalypse II report - on January 30. Additionally, 2.6 million children in the same age category live in districts across the state where there are no air quality monitoring stations.