Air Quality Monitoring Stations in the State Of Maharashtra

Mumbai, 28 March 2022

The ambient air quality monitoring stations in the country are established according to the population based criteria for siting air quality monitoring stations. The criteria also include available resources and site specific parameters such as size of the area to be covered, variability in pollutants concentration etc. The criteria for designing the ambient air quality monitoring network is given below.

Criteria for designing the ambient air quality monitoring network

Population (Census 2011)	Minimum No. of manual station under NAMP	Minimum no of proposed CAAQMS	Total
1,00,000- < 5,00,000	1-Background 2-Residential/ Commercial	1-Residential	4
5,00,000-<10,00,000	1-Background 2-Residential/ Commercial	1-Residential 1-Traffic dominant area 1- Commercial	6
10,00,000- <50,00,000	1-Background 2-Residential/ Commercial	2-Residential 1-Traffic dominant area 1- Commercial 1-Industrial area	8
≥50,00,000	1-Background in upwind direction 1-Background in down wind direction 2-Residential/ Commercial	4-Residential 3-Traffic dominant area 3- Commercial 2-Industrial area	16

The ambient air quality is monitored by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)along with State Pollution Control Boards (SPCB) and Pollution Control Committees (PCC) at 880 locations covering 378 cities/towns in 28 States and 7 Union Territories across the country by manual monitoring under National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP) and at 333 locations covering 172 cities/towns in 23 States and 4 Union Territories across the country by Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System (CAAQMS).

As far as rural areas is concerned, Air Quality monitoring is carried at 27 locations by manual method, covering 26 villages in Punjab and one in Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli.

Under the manual network 360 stations in 171 citiesare equipped to measure PM 2.5 pollutionlevel. All 333 CAAQMS arealso equipped to monitor PM 2.5 pollution.

Ambient air quality stations (manual & real-time stations)

Sl. No.	States & UTs	Number of stations
Sl. No.	States & UTs	CAAQMS	NAMP
	Andaman & Nicobar (UT)	0	2
	Andhra Pradesh	6	72
	Arunachal Pradesh	1	2
	Assam	2	31
	Bihar	32	8
	Chandigarh (UT)	2	5
	Chattisgarh	2	17
	Dadara& Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (UT)	0	6
	Delhi (UT)	40	10
	Goa	0	18
	Gujarat	15	24
	Haryana	30	5
	Himachal Pradesh	0	25
	Jammu & Kashmir (UT)	1	29
	Jharkhand	1	10
	Karnataka	31	30
	Kerala	9	29
	Lakshadweep (UT)	0	1
	Madhya Pradesh	16	42
	Maharashtra	41	80
	Manipur	0	1
	Meghalaya	1	10
	Mizoram	1	19
	Nagaland	1	9
	Odisha	2	38
	Pondicherry (UT)	1	6
	Punjab	8	47
	Rajasthan	10	39
	Sikkim	0	9
	Tamilnadu	11	55
	Telangana	6	25
	Tripura	1	2
	Uttar Pradesh	48	84
	Uttarakhand	0	8
	West Bengal	14	82
	28 states & 7 UTs	333	880

DISTRICT WISE AIR QUALITY MONITORING WITH RESPECT TO PM2.5- STATIONS IN THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Sl. No.	Name of City	District	No. of Stations (MANUAL)	Parameter monitored (MANUAL)	TYPE	No of CAAQMS stations (Continuous)	Parameter monitored (Continuous)	TYPE
1	Navi Mumbai	Thane	—	—	—	2	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
2	Nashik	Nashik	—	—	—	1	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
3	Dombivali	Thane	—	—	—	1	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
4	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	—	—	—	1	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
5	Chandrapur	Chandrapur	—	—	—	2	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
6	Nagpur	Nagpur	—	—	—	1	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
7	Pune	Pune	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi	1	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
8	Thane	Thane	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi
9	Mumbai	Mumbai	—	—	—	11	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
10	Kalyan	Thane	—	—	—	1	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
11	Ratnagiri	Kolhapur	2	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Industrial
12	Solapur	Pune	2	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial	1	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
13	Barshi	Pune	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial
14	Pandharpur	Pune	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi
15	Osmanabad	Aurangabad	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Industrial
16	Udgir	Aurangabad	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Industrial
17	Gondia	Nagpur	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial
18	Wardha	Nagpur	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial
19	Wani	Chandrapur	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial
20	Gadchiroli	Chandrapur	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial
21	Bhadravati	Chandrapur	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial
22	Parbhani	Aurangabad	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial / Residential
23	Kamptee	Nagpur	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi
24	Wadi	Nagpur	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi
25	Basmat	Aurangabad	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial
26	Parali	Aurangabad	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi
27	Bhusawal	Nashik	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial
28	Nandurbar	Nashik	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Industrial
29	Satara	Pune	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Residential
30	Bhiwandi	Thane	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi
31	Bhandara	Bhandara	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi
32	Vasai-Virar	Thane	—	—	—	1	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential
		TOTAL	45		TOTAL	23

DISTRICT WISE AIR QUALITY MONITORING STATIONS IN THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

Sl. No.	Name of City	District	No. of Stations (MANUAL)	Parameter monitored (MANUAL)	TYPE	No of CAAQMS stations (Continuous)	Parameter monitored (Continuous)	TYPE
1	Amravati	Amravati	3	SO₂, NO2 and PM10	Residential	—	—	—
2	Akola	Amravati	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Residential	—	—	—
3	Navi Mumbai	Thane	4	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Industrial	2	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
4	Taloja	Raigad	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Industrial	—	—	—
5	Panvel	Raigad	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Rural	—	—	—
6	Kolhapur	Kolhapur	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Residential	—	—	—
7	Tarapur	Thane	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Industrial	—	—	—
8	Solapur	Pune	2	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Residential	—	—	—
9	Nashik	Nashik	4	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Industrial	1	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
10	Ambernath	Thane	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Residential	—	—	—
11	Dombivali	Thane	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Industrial	1	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
12	Dombivali	Thane	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Industrial	—	—	—
13	Aurangabad	Aurangabad	4	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Residential	1	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
14	Chandrapur	Chandrapur	6	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Residential	2	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
15	Nagpur	Nagpur	4	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Residential	1	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
16	Pune	Pune	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Comm-Resi	1	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
17	Pune	Pune	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi	—	—	—
18	Thane	Thane	2	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Industrial	—	—	—
19	Thane	Thane	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi	—	—	—
20	Mumbai	Mumbai	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Residential	11	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
21	Jalna	Aurangabad	2	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Commercial	—	—	—
22	Ulhasnagar	Thane	2	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Industrial	—	—	—
23	Badlapur	Thane	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Residential	—	—	—
24	Latur	Aurangabad	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Industrial	—	—	—
25	Mahad	Raigad	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Commercial	—	—	—
26	Roha	Raigad	2	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Comm-Resi	—	—	—
27	Sangli-Miraj	Kolhapur	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Residential	—	—	—
28	Jalgaon	Nashik	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Residential	—	—	—
29	Nanded	Aurangabad	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Residential	—	—	—
30	Lote	Ratnagiri	2	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Industrial	—	—	—
31	Kalyan	Thane	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Residential	1	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
32	Bhiwandi	Thane	2	SO2, NO2 and PM10	Residential	—	—	—
33	Ratnagiri	Kolhapur	2	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Industrial	—	—	—
34	Solapur	Pune	2	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial	1	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential & Commercial
35	Barshi	Pune	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial	—	—	—
36	Pandharpur	Pune	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi	—	—	—
37	Osmanabad	Aurangabad	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Industrial	—	—	—
38	Udgir	Aurangabad	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Industrial	—	—	—
39	Gondia	Nagpur	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial	—	—	—
40	Wardha	Nagpur	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial	—	—	—
41	Wani	Chandrapur	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial	—	—	—
42	Gadchiroli	Chandrapur	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial	—	—	—
43	Bhadravati	Chandrapur	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial	—	—	—
44	Parbhani	Aurangabad	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial / Residential	—	—	—
45	Kamptee	Nagpur	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi	—	—	—
46	Wadi	Nagpur	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi	—	—	—
47	Basmat	Aurangabad	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial	—	—	—
48	Parali	Aurangabad	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi	—	—	—
49	Bhusawal	Nashik	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial	—	—	—
50	Nandurbar	Nashik	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Industrial	—	—	—
51	Satara	Pune	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Residential	—	—	—
52	Bhiwandi	Thane	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi	—	—	—
53	SRO- Bhandara	Bhandara	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi	—	—	—
54	Vasai-Virar	Thane	—	—	—	1	SO2, NO2, CO, O3. NH3, PM10, PM2.5, BTX	Residential
	Total		119			23

List of air quality monitoring stations built/commissioned by the Government during the last three years and the current year

Sl. No.	Name of City	District	No.of stations (MANUAL)	Parameter monitored (MANUAL)	TYPE
1	Ratnagiri	Kolhapur	2	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Industrial
2	Solapur	Pune	2	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial
3	Barshi	Pune	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial
4	Pandharpur	Pune	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi
5	Osmanabad	Aurangabad	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Industrial
6	Udgir	Aurangabad	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Industrial
7	Gondia	Nagpur	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial
8	Wardha	Nagpur	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial
9	Gadchiroli	Chandrapur	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial
10	Bhadravati	Chandrapur	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial
11	Parbhani	Aurangabad	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial / Residential
12	Kamptee	Nagpur	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi
13	Wadi	Nagpur	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi
14	Basmat	Aurangabad	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial
15	Parali	Aurangabad	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi
16	Bhusawal	Nashik	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Commercial
17	Nandurbar	Nashik	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Industrial
18	Satara	Pune	3	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Residential
19	Bhiwandi	Thane	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi
20	SRO- Bhandara	Bhandara	1	SO2, NO2 and PM10, PM2.5	Comm-Resi
		TOTAL	40

This information was given by Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment, Forest And Climate Change, Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey in Lok Sabha on March 28, 2022.

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