India: Environmental data
Air quality monitoring
- 1967 - National Environmental Engineering Research Institute
(NEERI) (then named CPHERI, Central Public Health Engineering
Research Institute)
- 1978 - Monitoring was expanded to include regular
monitoring at three stations
- 1984, 1985 - Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) established a network of
seven monitoring stations for the National Ambient Air Quality
Monitoring Programme (NAMP)
- by 1999 - There were 290 stations covering over 90 towns and cities distributed over 24 states and 4 Union Teritories
Now only 204 stations are operating at present. In states such as Bihar, Haryana and
Karnataka, fewer than 50% of the stations are in operation (CPCB, 2000).
The NAMP network is operated through the following agencies:
- Central Pollution Control Board, headquarters, Zonal and
Regional Offices
- State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs) in respective states
- Pollution Control Committees in respective Union territories
- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute in 10
metro cities (NEERI 2000)
- Visveshwaraya Regional Engineering College, Nagpur and Pune
(both in the state of Maharashtra)
- Pune University, Pune
- KTHM (Karmveer Ravsaheb Thorat Kala, Bhausaheb Higher
Commerce and Annasaheb Murkute Science) College, Nasik in the
city of Nasik (Maharashtra),
- Walchand Institute of Technology, Solapur, in the city of
Solapur (Maharashtra)
Emission inventories
TERI reports that for the most part emission factors representing typical sources in India are not available. No reliable emission inventories exist for PM10. Where PM10 inventories were compiled within the same city, results have differed considerably from study to study.
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