44% Indian Cities Suffer From Chronic Air Pollution, Only 4% Under NCAP: Report

Summary of this article Nearly 44 per cent of Indian cities have a chronic air pollution issue driven by persistent emission sources. Only four per cent of these cities come under National Clean Air Programme. Byrnihat (Meghalaya), Delhi, and Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) as India’s top three most polluted cities. Almost 44 per cent of Indian cities have a chronic air pollution issue, indicating that air pollution is a structural problem which has been driven by persistent emission sources not a short-term episodic issue. These are the findings from an analysis by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) has found. While 44 per cent of Indian cities have a chronic air pollution issue, only four per cent of them are covered by the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), the report added.