Research Paper
Year: 2019 | Month: November | Volume: 6 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 365-371
Recent Status of Ambient Air Quality of Bhopal City, Madhya Pradesh, India
Reeta Kori, Alok Saxena, Nisha Upadhyay, Prem Kumar Shrivastava, Ankita Kulshreshtha, Shubhajeet Aich Roy, Saket Mishra and Poonam Dubey
Central Laboratory, Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board, Paryavaran Parisar, Bhopal, India
Corresponding Author: Ankita Kulshreshtha
ABSTRACT
To assess the Ambient Air Quality Index of Bhopal city of Madhya Pradesh, India, this study has been conducted during year 2017 to 2018. Total eighteen locations were selected in Bhopal city for ambient air quality monitoring of seven pollutants mainly Particulate Matter less than 10 µ size (PM10), Particulate Matter less than 2.5 µ size (PM2.5), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), Sulphur dioxide (SO2), Ozone (O3), Ammonia (NH3) and Lead (Pb). The study revealed that average concentration of gaseous pollutants i.e. NOx, SO2, O3, NH3 in ambient air are well within standard limits at all selected locations however Particulate Matter (PM10, PM2.5) levels were found exceeding the National Ambient Air Quality Standards 2009 at all monitoring locations. Air Quality Index was poor (202.26-218.05) at two locations, Moderate (106.08-184.75) at fourteen locations and satisfactory (63.90-96.38) at two locations in Bhopal city. Overall ambient Air Quality Index of Bhopal city was observed to be moderate during this study span.
Key words: Ambient Air Pollution, PM10, PM2.5, Gaseous Pollutants, Pb, Air Quality Index
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