Volume : VIII, Issue : IX, September - 2018

MONITORING AIR POLLUTION OF SURAT CITY USING ROADSIDE TREE

Rana Rajeshwari, Patel Pratik

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Air pollution is both natural and anthropogenic. In recent times, there has been significant development activity in terms of urbanization and industrialization in all cities in India. Plants play an important role in maintaining the ecological balance by actively participating in the cycling of nutrients and atmospheric gases and also provide enormous leaf area for impingement, absorption and accumulation of air pollutants to reduce the pollution level in the environment. In Surat city the fast growth in industrial projects along with vehicular growth the level of pollution has increased. The study examined air pollution indices (APTI) through Gulmohar Plant (Delonix regia) around Residential area (Adajan, Athwagate) Commercial area (Railway station, Piplod), Developing area (Vesu, New Althan) and Industrial area (Sachin GIDC, Pandesara GIDC). Four physiological and biochemical parameters were considered in calculating the APTI value, which were leaf extract pH, relative water content, ascorbic acid and total chlorophyll. The results of control site (CS) were compared to that of experimental site (ES) of each selected places. Results revels that high values of air pollution tolerance index (APTI) were recorded in Pandesara GIDC area (Industrial area) and lowest were recorded in Vesu (Developing area) area during the month of Feuary.

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Rana Rajeshwari, Patel Pratik, MONITORING AIR POLLUTION OF SURAT CITY USING ROADSIDE TREE, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-9 | September-2018

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