Statistical Analysis of Air Pollutants in Ambient Air, Reality of Sensors and Corrective Measures in India

Due to rapid increase in the population of India, the nation is at an urge to fulfil the needs of the entire population which has led to increase in urbanization, industrialization, deforestation, etc., that further has paved a way to increase in air pollution. Though the needs are fulfilled to some extent, the polluted air has a serious effect on the health of the human as well as the environment. This is the right time to walk through and understand the various sources of pollution, their effects on health of mankind and environment. This paper focusses on describing the various fundamental sources of air pollution, their threat towards the health of human and the guideline provided for those pollutants. We have also collected the concentration of the major air pollutants namely SO2, NO2 and Particulate Matter PM10 at various states of India using the monitoring stations’ data and a statistical analysis of the same is performed to identify the air quality index of the ambient air based on which the harmful effects are predicted. Also we have discussed the reality of the various sensors available for monitoring the concentration of air pollutants in the ambient air and the control measures that could be taken to reduce the concentration to safeguard the population from the threat.