Comparative Assessment of Air Quality of Major Cities of Uttar Pradesh, India

Authors

  • Neha Mumtaz  Department of Civil Engineering, Integral University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh., India
  • Anshika Yadav  Department of Civil Engineering, Integral University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh., India
  • Tabish Izhar  Department of Civil Engineering, Integral University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh., India

Keywords:

Urbanization, Air Pollution, Air Pollutants, NAAQS

Abstract

In Indian urban cities, air pollution is mostly visible now days due to rapid increase in urbanization, commercialization and industrialization. In the last few decades, the human behaviours have changed the global atmospheric condition, the present study deals with the quantitative effect of vehicular emission on ambient air quality during Feb 2017-April 2017 in the monitoring at 6 locations viz: three in Lucknow and three in Kanpur city. The Assessment of ambient air quality was undertaken on the basis of following air pollutants which were Particulate Matter (PM2.5 & PM10), sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The PM2.5 & PM10 level at all the locations were higher than the NAAQS limits. The SO2 & NO2 levels at all the locations below than the NAAQS limits. Overall, it is indicating an alarm on the substantial level of air pollution impacting Lucknow city environment and ultimately affecting its human health. It is suggested that major steps be initiated immediately to control the ambient air pollution for the safe future of the citizens of the Lucknow city and Kanpur city.

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2017-06-30

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Volume 3, Issue 4, May-June-2017

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Neha Mumtaz, Anshika Yadav, Tabish Izhar "Comparative Assessment of Air Quality of Major Cities of Uttar Pradesh, India" International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011,Volume 3, Issue 4, pp.220-225, May-June-2017.