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Air Quality Index of Major Towns across Sikkim


The State Pollution Control Board Sikkim has been conducting ambient air quality monitoring under the National Ambient Air Monitoring Programme in eight stations in the state of Sikkim. As per the latest AQI monitoring conducted during the year 2023 (January to August), the ambient air quality in the state has been well within the permissible limits as per the provisions of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. While AQI for majority of the towns are under 'Good' category, three major towns i.e Rangpo, Singtam and Deorali (Gangtok) in East Sikkim have fallen under 'Satisfactory' category which may be attributed to the fact that these towns are located in proximity to the National Highway NH10 which is subjected to heavy movement to vehicles.

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SN Name of Station
MONTHLY AQI FOR THE YEAR 2023 (January - August)
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

1

Rangpo, East Sikkim

73

72
58
59
61
58
59
57
     

2

Singtam, East Sikkim

63

67
66
66
66
58
55
59
       

3

Deorali, East Sikkim

67

54
63
50
54
35
27
29
       

4

Ravangla, South Sikkim

23
25
25
24
19
23
23
22
       

5

Namchi, South Sikkim

32
36
34
33
36
34
33
34
       

6

Pelling, West Sikkim

31
40
34
39
35
25
16
19
       

7

Mangan, North Sikkim

33
37
43
44
46
47
46
38
       

8

Chungthang, North Sikkim

25
29
31
30
37
29
29
28
       

 

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National AQI Category and its associated health impacts


AQI-Standards

National Air Quality Monitoring Programme (NAMP)

To prevent, control and abate air pollution in the country, the Government of India enacted Central legislation called the Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (referred to as the Air Act, 1981). Every polluting industry must obtain a consent from the State Pollution Control Board for the discharge of air pollut­ants in any form through chimney or otherwise. The State Board may lay down suitable conditions while giving consent to discharge air pollutants in the light of emis­sion standards developed by the Central Board, subsequently notified through the rules framed under the Environment (Ptrotection) Act, 1986 Rules.

The air quality surveillance and monitoring is under taken to detect any deterioration in air quality arising from industrial, vehicular, residential and natural sources of pollution, as there are large seasonal variation in the concentration of various air pollutants. Air quality monitoring is the measurement of various pollutants to study the pattern and movement of air masses and deterioration of air quality. Monitoring programme helps in estimating the dynamic concentration levels of various pollutants from time to time, based on dispersal mode of original concentration at sources and at receptor end.

With a number of industrial units in the state mostly the pharmaceuticals and ancillary units, SPCB Sikkim under the National Air Monitoring Programme (NAMP) has established nine (09) nos. of Air Quality Monitoring (AQM) stations in order to monitor the air quality in the state. The state of Sikkim has been declared as the Air Pollution Control Area under Gazette notification no. 506 dated 08/09/2011. The details of the monitoring stations are as under:

SN

Name of monitoring station

Latitude o N

Longitude o E

1.

RANGPO

27.1736

88.5305

2.

SINGTAM

27.5144

88.4969

3.

DEORALI

27.3183

88.6063

4.

RAVANGLA

27.3075

88.363

5.

NAMCHI

27.17

88.35

6.

PELLING

27.3028

88.2344

7.

CHUNGTHANG

27.6033

88.6469

8.

MANGAN

27.5025

88.5358

*The 9th station located at Tashi View point, Gangtok has been damaged due to landslide and currently not in operation.



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