Fighting against POLLUTION to Save Environment
Urban PM Urban PM10 10 Sources Pune 2004



Source : Pune, India : Regional Emissions Inventory Study PREIS). May 2004. P. Gaffney, M. Benjamin


Findings & Future Action Required

  1. Substantial emissions from agricultural burning and geologic dust

  2. Sources such as paved and unpaved roads within the Pune region to be considerable

  3. Significant emissions from motor vehicles, brick kilns, and construction

  4. Emission Factors to be locally available and/or modified

  5. Continual improvement and updating EI

  6. QA/QC for data availability, sources & estimates

  7. Emissions to be supported using other methods such as CMB, Modeling, SA and others

  8. GIS based interpretation for spatial allocation

Taking a Step Further… April ’05
  1. Ward-Wise data collected for sectoral impact identification and management options

  2. City specific database being generated

  3. 30 x 30 km domain specified

  4. 21 different sources selected

  5. Protocols for data collection formulated

  6. Students and PMC private team continuously working

  7. Data gap analysis being constantly done

  8. Data acquisition QA/QC being implemented through collection of authenticated data

Urban PM Urban PM10 10 Sources Pune 2004



Relative percentage of PM10 in Pune