An analysis of the implications of air pollutants in Chennai

ABSTRACT

Chennai is one of the fast-progressing metropolitan city which is battling against air pollution. Recent reports from the coastal resource centre have shown that the air quality in Chennai is alarmingly toxic and pollution-linked deaths are increasing every day. Ambient air pollutants such as PM10, PM2.5, O₃, SO₂ and NO₂ are well known for their toxic nature and ability to cause many respiratory disorders like bronchitis, emphysema and asthma. For maintaining a sustainable development and ecological balance, it is vital to optimise ambient air quality. In the current research paper, we focus on the overview of ambient air quality in Manali, an industrial area in Chennai. Thus, we present here explicit results on the change in ambient air quality in this area over the duration of 30 days and the various reasons behind this.

KEYWORDS:

• Air pollutants
• air quality index
• particulate matter

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).