PM 2.5 pollution in the national capital has reduced by over 7% in four years, from 108 micrograms per cubic metre in 2019 to 99.71 micrograms per cubic metre in 2022, the report by NCAP Tracker said.
However, it still remains way below the desired level.
The government's flagship National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) targets to reduce pollution by 20% to 30% by 2024 as compared to 2017 levels.
NCAP Tracker is a joint project of news portal Carbon Copy and a Maharashtra-based start-up 'Respirer Living Sciences' and is designed to track India's progress in achieving clean air targets.
The Centre launched NCAP on January 10, 2019 to reduce PM2.5 and PM10 levels in 102 cities by 20% to 30% by 2024 (with 2017 being the base year). Some more cities were added to the list, while some were dropped subsequently.
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