Comparative Study on Status of SPM Over A Period Decade Rural Areas of Jammu, India

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Abstract

A study has been carried out to compare status of SPM level in 2002 and 2014 in outdoor air of rural areas of Jammu, so as to evaluate increasing or decreasing trends of change in SEIVI level. The analysis of data has revealed that all the seven sites of rural areas of Jammu has exhibited significantly (p <0.05) rise in the values of SPM during the period of 12 years, Is from 2002 to 2014. Increase in outdoor SPM can be attributed to the increase in number of vehicles, increase In traffic flow rate, increase in number of brick kilns, stone crushers, increase in agricultural processes, increase in industrial processes and domestic heating.