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Chennai chokes as pollution levels soar [1]

Except for Manali, other areas saw higher RSPM levels than previous year

A. Heera, a resident of Ajax in Tiruvottiyur, remembers a time when her area was clean and beautiful. “Now, the roads are so dusty a brown cloud hovers when vehicles pass by. The roads in our area are hardly swept and with construction work and road widening on, the dust is unimaginable,” she said.

Publication Date: 
22/04/2013
Deepa H. Ramakrishnan [2]
Hindu (Chennai) [3]
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Tamil Nadu [4], Chennai (T) [5], Air Pollution [6], RSPM (PM 10) [7], Industrial Pollution [8], State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) [9], Nitrogen Dioxide [10], Chemical Industry [11], Industrial Waste [12], Vehicular Pollution [13], Health Effects [14], Urban Air Quality [15]
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