Abstract

SS Kalikinkar Mahanta^1*, Sharada Shrinivas Pati¹, Bhagirathi Mahanta¹, Kushalindu Biswas¹, Rojalin Sahu¹, Bhabani Shankar Panda² and Malaya Ranjan Mallik³

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/ojc/370127

The study of various air pollutants and meteorological parameters are very important for all the researchers. Baleswar was known to be a seaside Districts of Odisha which is the economic and cultural heart of Northern Odisha. The aim of this study is to measure the air pollutants, meteorological parameters and to enumerate the air pollution index at three specific sites (Sahadevkhunta, Mallikashpur, Rasalpur) according to CPCB procedures. The air pollutants analysed by supplying through specific absorbing reagents and the pollutants were analysed up to 3 year (2017, 2018 and 2019) with a regularity of thrice per week. Analyses of our data sets showing that SO2 and NO2 concentration during summer, rainy and winter season are within the prescribe standard of NAAQS by CPCB but PM10 and PM2.5 are above the prescribed standard except PM2.5 concentration of rainy season in year 2019. Air pollution index is remaining in the condition between clean air (CA) to moderate air pollution (MAP) and it shows that the pollution index in all the sites are reducing from the year 2017 to 2019 may be due to enhancing technologies to reduce the pollutant concentration in air.

Air Pollution; Air Pollution Index; Baleswar; Meteorological Parameters; Multidimensional Scaling

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