Specimen Data Tables

Specimen Data Tables : Environment and Pollution


Ambient Standards of Noise

Categroy of Area

Limit in dB (A) Leq

Day Time

Night Time

Industrial area

75

70

Commercial area

65

55

Residential area

55

45

Silence zone

50

40



Statewise and Water Bodywise Distribution of
Water Quality Monitoring Stations in India
(As on March 31,1999)

States/UTs

Monitoring Stations under

No. of Stations

Others

MINARS

GEMS

YAP*

Total

River

Ground Water

Lakes

Andhra Pradesh

19

9

-

28

21

4

1

2

Assam

12

-

-

12

12

-

-

-

Bihar

11

4

-

15

15

-

-

-

Goa

4

-

-

4

4

-

-

-

Gujarat

32

9

-

41

34

3

4

-

Haryana

13

-

5

18

5

-

2

11

Himachal Pradesh

23

-

-

23

20

-

3

-

Jammu & Kashmir

7

-

-

7

5

-

2

-

Karnataka

31

5

-

36

34

-

2

-

Kerala

16

9

-

25

19

3

3

-

Madhya Pradesh

41

5

-

46

42

1

3

-

Maharashtra

33

5

-

38

35

-

-

3

Meghalaya

5

-

-

5

2

-

3

-

Manipur

5

-

-

5

3

-

2

-

Orissa

34

-

-

34

34

-

-

-

Punjab

21

-

-

21

19

-

-

2

Pondicherry

5

-

-

5

-

4

1

-

Rajasthan

12

-

-

12

4

3

5

-

Tamil Nadu

28

4

-

32

28

1

3

-

Tripura

4

-

-

4

2

2

-

-

Uttar Pradesh

51

-

12

63

58

-

2

3

West Bengal

15

-

-

15

15

-

-

-

Daman & Diu*

3

-

-

3

2

1

-

-

Dadra & Nagar Haveli*

2

-

-

2

1

1

-

-

Lakshadweep

2

-

-

2

-

1

-

1

Delhi

1

-

10

11

2

-

-

9

India

430

50

27

507

415

24

36

32

Abbr. : GEMS    : Global Environmental Monitoring System.
           MINARS : Monitoring of Indian National Aquatic Resources.
           YAP       : Yamuna Action Plan.
Note : * : Monitoring under YAP is being carried by CPCB, Head Office and
               Monitoring at Daman & Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli is being carried
               out by Zonal Office Vadodara, CPCB. Others include Creeks, 
               Canals, Drains, Ponds etc.



Level of Air Pollution in Metro Cities
(upto Oct.'01)

City

 Micrograms per cubic metre (micrograms/m3)

Sulphur dioxide
(SO2)

Oxides of Nitrogen (NOx)

Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM)

Delhi

17.0

31.0

370

Kolkata

14.0

30.0

280

Chennai

8.5

16.0

105

Mumbai

9.7

30.0

241

Abbr.: NOX : Nitrogen Oxides (as NO2).
          SO2 : Sulpher Dioxide.

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