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Central Pollution Control Board is executing a nation-wide programme of ambient air quality monitoring known as National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP). The network consist of 342 operating stations covering 127 cities/towns in 26 States and 4 Union Territories of the country.
The objectives of the N.A.M.P. are
To determine status and trends of ambient air quality
To ascertain whether the prescribed ambient air quality standards are violated
To Identify Non-attainment Cities
To obtain the knowledge and understanding necessary for developing preventive and corrective measures;
To understand the natural cleansing process undergoing in the environment through pollution dilution, dispersion, wind based movement, dry deposition, precipitation and chemical transformation of pollutants generated.
