Question

Which agency monitors air quality in the mega/metropolitan cities?

Answer 1

The central nodal agency is the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) under the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. For mega/metropolitan centres, the CPCB runs the National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring (NAAQM) programme and has entrusted monitoring work to the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) for cities such as Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, and Nagpur; State Pollution Control Boards also support local monitoring.