Pune s particulate pollution load increases by more than 60% in past 7 years, says IITM study
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Pune s particulate pollution load increases by more than 60% in past 7 years, says IITM studyBy
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An increase of 70% and 61% has been found in PM2.5 and PM10 pollutants respectively during 2012-13 to 2019-20 in the emission inventory campaign has been led by Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) Pune under the Ministry of Earth Sciences along with SPPU, Pune and under expert advice of Prof. Sarojkumar Sahu of Utkal University.
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Geographical Information System (GIS)-based statistical emission model developed by scientist of IITM is used to develop fine resolution of 400 m gridded products.