IJEP 41(5): 513-521 : Vol. 41 Issue. 5 (May 2021)
Pratap Kumar Swain, Trinath Biswal* and R. B. Panda
Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Department of Chemistry, Burla – 768 018, Odisha, India
Abstract
The air quality assessment is carried out in different residential, commercial and industrial areas in and around Jharsuguda town, Odisha, India. The PM10, oxides of sulphur (SOx), oxides of nitrogen (NOx), are measured by the high volume sampler and it was found that not only in industrial areas but also in all residential and commercial areas the air quality is very poor as compared to the permissible limit and the quality of air is gradually decreasing in a rapid rate causing massive pollution load in the air in the command area of Jharsuguda town. The average value of PM10 varies from 549.6±84.5 to 317.5±50.4. The average value of NOx varies from 83.6±16.5 to 46.8±11.3 and that of SOx varies from 122.8±22.7 to 71.4±12.4. Rapid industriali-zation is the cause of a negative relationship in-between the ambient air quality of the sampling areas and other biochemical parameters, especially PM10 is very high and even much more beyond the tolerance limit because of rapid industrialization. Hence people are facing problem in respiration and suffering from cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The optimal regression analysis estimates the prediction of air pollutant concentration in and around Jharsuguda town. The prediction is made from the data of different time intervals, meteorological and topographical conditions. Hence, proper planning and mechanism must have to be developed to minimize the excessive air pollutants in and around Jharsuguda town.
Keywords
Suspended particulate matter, Pollutants, Air quality, Permissible limit, Pollution load, PM10
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