Effect of Atmospheric Aerosol Particles and Pollutants on Regional Air Quality: A Review in Reference to Chhattisgarh State of India

Poor air quality in India is considered as one of the critical issues resulting largely by industrial emissions, burning of agricultural wastes, automobile emissions etc. Also, particularly in north India, a practice of crop residue burning is followed particularly in autumn and winter months as a low cost alternative to mechanical tilling. This results in large amount of smoke, smog and particulate matter thereby impacting the air quality of nearby regions. So far as the emission of greenhouse gases is concerned, India ranks low however is the third largest emitter of particulate matter only behind China and United States. This article reviews the air quality of Chhattisgarh in India, an important industrial state, effect of poor air quality and presence of aerosols.