Ambient Air quality Monitoring Guidlines. - Maharashtra Pollution ...

Number of Monitoring Stations
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
12
2
5
2 3
8 9
4
2
23
8 8
2
10
16
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16
AP – Andhra Pradesh AR – Arunachal Pradesh AS – Assam Bi – Bihar
CH – Chandigarh CG – Chattisgarh DL – Delhi DD – Daman, Diu NH
GO _Goa GU – Gujarat HA– Haryana HP - Himachal Pradesh
JK - Jammu & kashmir JH – Jharkand KA – Karnataka KE – Kerala
MP - Madhya Pradesh MA – Maharashtra ME – Meghalaya MN – Manipur
MI – Mizoram NA – Nagaland OR – Orissa PO – Pondicherry
PU – Punjab RA –Rajasthan SI - Sikkim TN – Tamil Nadu
TR – Tripura UP – Uttar Pradesh UT – Uttaranchal WB – West Bengal
CPCB co-ordinates with these agencies to ensure the uniformity, consistency of air
quality data and provides technical and financial support to them for operating the
monitoring stations. State-wise distribution of monitoring stations is shown in Figure 3.2.
Since the target sampling of 24 hours in a day could not be fulfilled at all the locations due
to power failures etc., the values monitored for 16 hours and more are considered as
representative values for assessing the ambient air quality for a day. The target frequency
of monitoring twice a week, 104 days in a year could not be met in some of the locations,
in such cases 40 and more days of monitoring in a year is considered adequate for the
26
15
2 2 2
AP
AR
AS
Bi
CH
CG
DL
DD
GO
GU
HA
HP
JK
JH
KA
KE
MP
MA
ME
MN
MI
NA
OR
PO
PU
RA
SI
TN
TR
UP
UT
WB
States
Figure 3.2: State-wise Distribution of Ambient Air
Quality Monitoring Stations under N.A.M.P.
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8
3
12
19
2
16
2
36
2
14