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  • Title: Study of dust pollution caused by traffic in Aligarh city.
    Author: Lone PM, Khan AA, Shah SA.
    Journal: J Environ Sci Eng; 2005 Jan; 47(1):33-6. PubMed ID: 16669332.
    Abstract:
    In the present study the dust pollution caused by vehicles in Aligarh city was estimated. Four major national roads viz. Anoopshahar road, Delhi road, Agra road and Kanpur road of Aligarh city were selected. The dust pollution was maximum on Kanpur road (46.44 gm/m2/ month) followed by Agra road (38.94 gm/m2/month) and Delhi road (34.52 gm/m2/month). The least dust pollution was recorded on Anoopshahar road (20.10gm/m2/month). In general, the dust fall rate per unit area was highest at 3 km inside city (38.66 gm/m2/month) closely followed by starting point (37.27gm/m2/month) and least at 3 km outside city (29.09 gm/m2/ month). The average dust fall rate per unit area was estimated to be about 35 gm/m2/month in Aligarh city.
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