Cities choking still as India's clean air plan spends Rs 6897 cr in 4 yrs

Srinagar and Kohima among cleanest in country; Delhi most polluted city in 2022

Delhi’s air quality index (AQI) on Tuesday was near the danger mark of 421, repeating a trend seen in winters and that has made the city India’s most polluted for the last four years.

It is not just Delhi though: neighbouring Noida and Ghaziabad, Varanasi in east UP, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Howrah and Kolkata in West Bengal count among the 10 worst polluted cities and they have not shown any improvement in air quality. This despite the National Clean Energy Program (NCAP) which started in 2019 and has released almost Rs 6,897 crore to 131 cities, said a report by the