CHANDIGARH: Air quality levels in 40% of the cities in the region, which figure on country’s list of non-attainment cities, worsened between 2019-20 and 2020-21.
There are 17 cities – 9 from Punjab, 7 from Himachal Pradesh and 1 from Haryana -- from the region on the list, of which in 7 cities – 5 from Punjab and 2 from Himachal – the air quality has deteriorated, according to data on air pollution targets achieved by the cities under National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) launched in 2019 to reduce the level of pollution in the identified cities by 20% by 2024.
