jabalpur has been ranked second among major cities with population of more than 10 lakhs for air quality improvement and a national clean air program or NCAP the City ranked second only to surit in the lowest of 131 cities covered under the national clean air program on Saturday the union environment Ministry presented the national cleaner City Awards during the SWAT W suction 2024 event held in jort according to officials 25 new Gardens have been developed to increase the green cover in the city while some roadsides have also been sprued up with plantations India launched the NCAP in 2019 with a Target to reduce particulate pollution by 20 to 30% by 2024 using 2017 as a base year the target was later revised to a 40% reduction by 2026 using 2019 to 20 as the base year