No doubt that Chandigarh has a large percentage of area under green cover, but yet there are few other issues which we need to deal with before things go out of hand. One such is the rising air pollution in our city owing to various reasons like:

i) Rise in number of vehicles
ii) Dust storms from nearby fields
iii) Manufacturing processes in industries
iv) There is also another big factor of crackers during Diwali that adds immensely to increase in SPM levels.

Table 1
SPM levels in Chandigarh are above the prescribed limit of 120-140 ppm.

AMBIENT AIR QUALITY DATA IN CHANDIGARH (ANNUAL AVERAGE)

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