National Media Briefing Controlling Air Pollution – What Next? State wise actions for improving air quality Draft 20th December 2019 New Delhi 1 Contents Haryana ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 Gurugram ............................................................................................................................................... 4 Faridabad ............................................................................................................................................... 6 Hissar ...................................................................................................................................................... 7 Yamuna Nagar....................................................................................................................................... 7 Himachal Pradesh .................................................................................................................................... 8 Shimla ..................................................................................................................................................... 8 Paonta Sahib ....................................................................................................................................... 10 Parwanoo ............................................................................................................................................. 12 Nalagarh ............................................................................................................................................... 13 Sunder Nagar ...................................................................................................................................... 14 Bihar .......................................................................................................................................................... 16 Patna ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 Muzzafarpur ......................................................................................................................................... 19 Gaya ....................................................................................................................................................... 21 Bhagalpur ............................................................................................................................................. 23 Jharkhand ................................................................................................................................................ 24 Ranchi ................................................................................................................................................... 24 Kolkata, West Bengal ............................................................................................................................ 26 Madhya Pradesh ..................................................................................................................................... 31 Bhopal ................................................................................................................................................... 33 Indore .................................................................................................................................................... 36 Mumbai, Maharashtra ........................................................................................................................... 39 Punjab ....................................................................................................................................................... 43 Amritsar ................................................................................................................................................ 44 Jalandhar .............................................................................................................................................. 47 Ludhiana ............................................................................................................................................... 50 Dera Bassi ............................................................................................................................................ 53 Gobindgarh .......................................................................................................................................... 55 Khanna .................................................................................................................................................. 57 Naya Nangal......................................................................................................................................... 59 Dera Baba/Pathankot ........................................................................................................................ 61 2 Patiala .................................................................................................................................................... 63 Bhatinda ............................................................................................................................................... 65 Rajasthan ................................................................................................................................................. 66 Jaipur ................................................................................................................................................... 67 Alwar ...................................................................................................................................................... 70 Udaipur ................................................................................................................................................. 72 Jodhpur ................................................................................................................................................ 75 Pali ......................................................................................................................................................... 77 Uttar Pradesh .......................................................................................................................................... 78 Lucknow ............................................................................................................................................... 80 Kanpur .................................................................................................................................................. 83 Ghaziabad ............................................................................................................................................ 85 Noida ..................................................................................................................................................... 88 Varanasi ................................................................................................................................................ 91 Jhansi .................................................................................................................................................... 92 Khurja .................................................................................................................................................... 93 Moradabad ........................................................................................................................................... 94 Rae Bareli ............................................................................................................................................. 95 Uttarakhand ............................................................................................................................................. 96 Dehradun .............................................................................................................................................. 96 Rishikesh .............................................................................................................................................. 99 Kashipur ............................................................................................................................................. 101 3 Haryana Tracking Particulate Pollution and action in cities of Haryana Haryana does not have any non-attainment city, however, Gurugram being a part of National Capital Region (NCR) has had to prepare a clean air action plan as part of NCR which got notified last year in June 2018. The current state was tracked through the government websites and various media reportage on the issue of air pollution. The latest developments which include air pollution monitoring, abatement strategies, policy updates and proposed technological advancements across all sectors have been collated from source, available in the public domain. Some of the actions such as implementation of the sale of BS VI vehicles from April 2020 is mandatory for pan India. Also BS VI fuel is already available in most of the NCR cities. Graph: Categorisation of PM2.5 based on AQI categories from October- November 2019 Source: CSE’s analysis based on the air quality data available on CPCB website for real-time monitoring stations It must be