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Top 10 Industrial Cluster/Area in terms of average of CEPI of 2009, 2011 and 2013

November 12, 2015

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This visualization shows Top 10 Industrial Cluster/Area in terms of average of Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) Scores of 2009, 2011 and 2013.

Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) scores capture the various dimensions of environment including air, water and land. CEPI, which is a rational number to characterize the environmental quality at a given location following the algorithm of source, pathway and receptor have been developed. The main objective of this visualisation is to identify polluted industrial clusters or areas in order to take concerted action and to centrally monitor them at the national level to improve the current status of their environmental components such as air and water quality data, ecological damage, and visual environmental conditions.

The top 10 Industrial Cluster/Area were; Vapi (Gujarat), Ankaleshwar(Gujarat), Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh), Manali (Tamil Nadu), Chandrapur (Maharashtra), Singrauli (Uttar Pradesh), Vellore-North Arcot (Tamil Nadu), Vatva (Gujarat), Angul Talcher (Orissa) and Pali (Gujarat). Vapi had average 88.1 CEPI Score (88.09 in 2009, 90.75 in 2011 and 85.31 in 2013). Ankaleshwar had average 85.1 CEPI Score (88.5 in 2009, 85.75 in 2011 and 80.93 in 2013). Ghaziabad had 83.7 CEPI Score (87.37 in 2009, 79.71 in 2011 and 84.13 in 2013). Manali had 83.7 CEPI Score (85.04 in 2009, 88.88 in 2011 and 77.26 in 2013). Chandrapur had 83.2 CEPI Score (83.88 in 2009, 83.82 in 2011 and 81.9 in 2013). Singrauli had 82.8 CEPI Score (81.73 in 2009, 83.35 in 2011 and 83.24 in 2013). Vellore-North Arcot had 82.1 CEPI Score (81.79 in 2009, 84.73 in 2011 and 79.67 in 2013). Vatva had 81.9 CEPI Score (74.77 in 2009, 87.46 in 2011 and 83.44 in 2013). Angul Talcher had 81.6 CEPI Score (82.09 in 2009, 89.74 in 2011 and 72.86 in 2013). Pali had 80.6 CEPI Score (73.73 in 2009, 85.26 in 2011 and 82.71 in 2013).

 

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Source: Ministry of Environment and Forests, Central Pollution Control Board
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