Tarapur Industrial Area Studies on Plants and Pollution

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in the year 2011 declared 43 critically polluted areas and Tarapur being one of them was considered for this study.. The industrial area of Tarapur has more or less same climatic conditions as Mumbai except for variations in the levels of air pollution; the former being a highly industrial region, the current work aims at Phytomonitoring Tarapur industrial area.The present work aims: To study the interaction between ambient air and plants by placing experimental plants sets in Tarapur industrial area and comparing them with control plant sets. To use ruderal vegetation in monitoring Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM); to evaluate dust retention of different plant species and to categorize the plants with good dust capturing ability. Prepare an Air quality and SPM map of the industrial areaand evaluate Air Pollution Tolerance Index (A.P.T.I.) of common roadside trees. The work is targetted at urban ecologists of the worrld , to evaluate the impact , phytomonitoring of the urban climate , with an undesrstanding in green belt development potentials. the work is useful for planners and government officials as reference and practical purposes.