ITO which has shown continuous exponential increase in pollution levels has first time showed a declining AQI trend in the year 2004 and one of the contributing factors could have been the Delhi metro (initiated in 2002) passing through congested neighbouring areas causing traffic decongestion here....
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Keywords:NewDelhi;Airpollution;SingularSpectrumAnalysis;CompressedNaturalGas;Alternativefuels 1.Introduction Delhi,India’sthirdlargestcityanditscapital,is highlypolluted.Delhihasupwardsof14million inhabitantswithapopulationgrowthrateof3.8% perannum.Inrecentyearsper-capitaincomein ...
Here, we investigate a severe air pollution episode (SAPE) witnessed in New Delhi during 1-7 November 2016. This was a very unusual air pollution episode wherein air quality index exceeded >500 and was persistent for about a week encapsulating the entire Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP). We ...
(PM) mass concentration, age of participants, body mass index, and climatic parameters (ambient temperature and relative humidity) as independent variables and HRV parameters as dependent variables. The observed data showed that per inter quartile range (IQR) increase in PM1resulted in a considerable...
on CNG and banned the use of leaded petrol in 1998. In 2003, Delhi won the United States Department of Energy's first 'Clean Cities International Partner of the Year' award for its "bold efforts to curb air pollution and support alternative fuel initiatives".[121] The Delhi Metro has ...
Thus, sawdust, a natural waste product from wood industry, proves to be a sustainable and low-cost solution for scaling down heavy metal ion pollution in soil and irrigation water, and subsequent toxicity in crops.This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check ...
The wind also carries heavy metals to the Indo-Gangetic basin during the summer season [Yadav and Rajamani, 2003] along with the dusts, causing severe air pollution and degradation in the visibilit...Geochemistry of the loessic sediments on Delhi ridge, eastern Thar desert, Rajasthan: ...
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(RH accuracy: ±2%)] also collected during the PM10sampling. National ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) protocol by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), India, was accepted for sampling throughout. Filters were properly desiccated, stored (at −20 °C), and weighted before and ...