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ArticleEnvironmental research2025

Nationwide analysis of air pollution hotspots across India: A spatiotemporal PM

Suganthi Jaganathan, Ajit Rajiva, Heresh Amini, Jeroen de Bont, Shweta Dixit, Anubrati Dutta, Itai Kloog, Kevin J Lane, Jyothi S Menon, Amruta Nori-Sarma and 9 more

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Suganthi JaganathanInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Centre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India; Centre for Chronic Disease Control, Delhi, NCR, India. Electronic address: suganthi.jaganathan@ki.se.
Ajit RajivaCentre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India; Centre for Chronic Disease Control, Delhi, NCR, India; Department of Geography and Environment, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.
Heresh AminiDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Jeroen de BontInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Shweta DixitCentre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India; Centre for Chronic Disease Control, Delhi, NCR, India.
Anubrati DuttaCentre for Chronic Disease Control, Delhi, NCR, India.
Itai KloogDepartment of Geography and Environment, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel; Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Kevin J LaneDepartment of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Jyothi S MenonCentre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India; Centre for Chronic Disease Control, Delhi, NCR, India.
Amruta Nori-SarmaDepartment of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Dorairaj PrabhakaranCentre for Chronic Disease Control, Delhi, NCR, India.
Joel SchwartzDepartment of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Praggya SharmaCentre for Chronic Disease Control, Delhi, NCR, India.
Massimo StafoggiaInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Epidemiology, Lazio Region Health Service / ASL Roma 1, Rome, Italy.
Gagandeep Kaur WaliaCentre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India; Centre for Chronic Disease Control, Delhi, NCR, India.
Gregory A WelleniusDepartment of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA.
Poornima PrabhakaranCentre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India; Centre for Chronic Disease Control, Delhi, NCR, India.
Petter LjungmanInstitute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Cardiology and Clinical Physiology, Danderyd University Hospital, 182 57, Danderyd, Sweden.
Siddhartha MandalCentre for Health Analytics Research and Trends, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, India; Centre for Chronic Disease Control, Delhi, NCR, India.

Funding

Air Pollution and Health GEOHealth Hub Research and Capacity Building ProgramU01TW010097 · FIC · PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA · PI Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Poornima Prabhakaran · 2015 to 2026
$3.1M
2/2-GEOHealth Health Effects of Selected Environmental Exposomes Across the Life CourSe (HEALS)-USU2RTW010108 · FIC · HARVARD UNIVERSITY D/B/A HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH · PI Joel D Schwartz, Nancy Carol L. Sieber · 2015 to 2026
$2.8M
FIC NIH HHS U01 TW010097FIC NIH HHS U2R TW010108
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionIndia experiences high levels of air pollution as measured by fine particulate matter <2.5 μm (PM

methodsWe conducted a geospatial analysis using Getis-Ord Gi statistics on gridded-annual levels of PM

resultsWe identified consistent hotspots in 9.9% followed by emerging hotspots in 2.6% of the country where 16% and 4.9% people live. In addition, we identified declining hotspots in 2.6% area with 3.4% of the population. Rajasthan had largest share of area identified as consistent hotspots while Uttar Pradesh had densely populated consistent hotspots. Maharashtra had both higher number of areas identified as emerging and declining hotspots. Among the largest cities, Kolkata had highest proportion of consistent hotspots. We identified 170 additional cities with either consistent or emerging hotspots beyond the non-attainment cities as defined by the National Clean Air Programme.

conclusionIndia continues to have large areas of consistent and emerging hotspots of air pollution where close to a fifth of India's population live. Identifying hotspots can inform strategic approach for targeted action in air quality management, appropriate resource allocation and a baseline for assessing intervention effectiveness and future programs and policies, including health.

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionParticulate MatterSpatio-Temporal AnalysisCitiesEnvironmental MonitoringHumansIndiaAir PollutantsParticulate MatterAir pollutionFine particulate matterHotspot analysisIndiaPM2.5Spatiotemporal analysis

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