City witnessed only four ‘bad air quality’ days this year, Parliament told
Srinagar:Srinagar recorded 230 days with ‘Good’ air quality and only four ‘Bad’ air quality days during 2025, while Pampore was brought under the national ambient air quality monitoring network for the first time this year, the Union Government informed Parliament.
Replying to an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha on air pollution, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change placed city-wise Air Quality Index (AQI) data for 2023, 2024 and 2025.
According to the data, accessed by the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Srinagar recorded 92 Good, 105 Satisfactory, 33 Moderate and four Poor AQI days in 2025, with no Very Poor or Severe air quality days. Overall, the city registered 230 Good AQI days (AQI 0-100) and four Bad AQI days (AQI above 100) out of 234 monitored days this year.
The data also showed that Srinagar’s air quality improved in 2025 compared to the previous two years. In 2024, the city recorded 138 Good AQI days with no Bad AQI day across 138 monitored days, while in 2023 it registered 206 Good AQI days and one Bad AQI day out of 207 monitored days.
Meanwhile, Pampore figures in the AQI database for the first time in 2025. The monitoring station recorded four Good, four Satisfactory, one Moderate and three Poor AQI days, taking the total monitored days to 12, of which nine were Good AQI days, and three were Bad AQI days. No AQI data was available for Pampore in 2023 and 2024.
The ministry informed Parliament that the Centre has taken several measures to improve air quality across the country, including implementation of the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), stricter emission norms for industries and vehicles, expansion of the air quality monitoring network and promotion of electric mobility and cleaner fuels—(KNO)
