INFLUENCE OF AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION BY ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES IN FIROZABAD CITY.

The bangle city Firozabad is a district of Uttar Pradesh away from 40kms to Agra is suffering from increasing ambient air pollution. So this study was plane to demonstrate the effects of anthropogenic activities on pollution level in difference areas of Firozabad. The data for air pollutants PM10, SO2, NO2 and AQI was collected from the Uttar Pradesh pollution control Board (UPPCB). The multivariate ANOVA was applied to determined seasonal variation between season and pollutants, and Kruskal Wallis test using within study sites. The results revealed that the highest average of PM10 302 µg/m3, AQI 252 µg/m3 recorded in winter at CDGI while PM2.5 227 µg/m3, SO2 9.33 µg/m3 and NO2 34.33 µg/m3 at Tilak Nagar. The present study concluded that anthropogenic activity is influencing the air pollutants in the bangle city Firozabad. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]