New Delhi, May 29 -- More than five years since the launch of its National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), a new review by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has noted progress as well as persistent gaps in the country's fight against air pollution menace.

CSE's latest report, Driving Clean Air Action under NCAP, released today, on May 29, at a national conference in New Delhi, evaluates the on-ground implementation of clean air measures in various Indian cities.

Focusing on vehicles, industries, solid waste, and construction and demolition (C&D) waste, the report uses case studies from cities including Delhi, Kolkata, Noida, Surat, Indore, Kochi, Srinagar and Bengaluru.

"Clean air action needs to be taken sector by sector and w...