+443308187254Patil VN, Mangalekar SB, Lad RJ, Patil RS, Raut PD
Growing urbanization has emerged as a major issue contributing to the air pollution. The high disease burden due to air pollution has started to impact the economy of the urban centers. Kolhapur city is a district place in the Western Maharashtra (India) and important centre for agriculture, industries and education. Increased vehicular traffic is foremost to deterioration of air quality in Kolhapur city in recent years. In present work air quality is monitored with view to assess current levels of pollutants. Three representative sites were selected namely Shivaji University (SU), Dabholkar Corner (DC) and Mahadwar road (MR) on basis of localities and traffic pattern in the Kolhapur City. These pollutants are associated with vehicular emission and road dust due to pedestrians both. Air pollutant level on three locations monitored for three seasons and is summarized in this paperGrowing urbanization has emerged as a major issue contributing to the air pollution. The high disease burden due to air pollution has started to impact the economy of the urban centers. Kolhapur city is a district place in the Western Maharashtra (India) and important centre for agriculture, industries and education. Increased vehicular traffic is foremost to deterioration of air quality in Kolhapur city in recent years. In present work air quality is monitored with view to assess current levels of pollutants. Three representative sites were selected namely Shivaji University (SU), Dabholkar Corner (DC) and Mahadwar road (MR) on basis of localities and traffic pattern in the Kolhapur City. These pollutants are associated with vehicular emission and road dust due to pedestrians both. Air pollutant level on three locations monitored for three seasons and is summarized in this paper
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