SPM Pollution in Silence areas of Chandigarh-A Case Study

The onslaught of human civilization on the environment is increasing, resulting in the imbalance between nature and mankind. Most of the cities are facing serious air pollution problems due to the concentration of motor vehicles and human population within the confined urban areas. Inadequate and inefficient public transport and population growth has led to increase in number of private vehicles in urban Rapid increase of urban population coupled with numerous socio-economic activities is a constant source of increasing pressure on the limited available natural resources leading to constant threat of sustainable development in the urban area. The urban centers have become energy intensive pockets of deteriorating environmental quality. In this Paper an effort has been made to measure suspended particulate matter emissions at peak traffic periods in one of the most popular silence areas of Chandigarh an internationally acclaimed elite city and remedial measures of control have been suggested.