Study of Impact of Pollutants on Road-Side Plants and Agricultural Crops Released from different Kinds of Vehicles at Gopalganj, Bihar, India

Authors

  • Abhishek Kumar  Research Scholar, J.P. University, Chapra, Bihar, India
  • Satish Chandra Shankram  Associate Professor, P.G. Department of Chemistry, K.R. College, Gopalganj, J.P. University, Chapra, Bihar, India
  • Sarvesh Kumar Diwakar  Research Scholar, J.P. University, Chapra, Bihar, India

Keywords:

Vehicular pollutants, Road side plants, Agricultural crops, Indicator of pollution, Railway crossing, Peak hours.

Abstract

In the present work attempts have been made to study the impact of vehicular pollutants on road side plants at Gopalganj district Head Quarter. In the name of advancement there has been extra ordinary increasing in different kinds of vehicles run with diesel, petrol and CNG. Here the pollutants emitted by these vehicles have remarkable impact on road side plants in general and plats near cross road and Rail gate. At most of the occasion near the cross road the traffic jam may be noted. This is also true for railway crossing during the peak hours of the day. Road sides plants may be an indicator of air pollution have been also speculated. Here attempts have been made to observe the impacts of different of particulate matters on the road side plants as well as on the road side agricultural crops, with respect to their growth, flowering and fruiting etc. Here the need for the permanent solutions to these problems has been also highlighted.

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Abhishek Kumar, Satish Chandra Shankram, Sarvesh Kumar Diwakar "Study of Impact of Pollutants on Road-Side Plants and Agricultural Crops Released from different Kinds of Vehicles at Gopalganj, Bihar, India" International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011,Volume 10, Issue 1, pp.321-325, January-February-2023.