Environmental Assignment- Air Pollution
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Added on 2020-05-28
Environmental Assignment- Air Pollution
Added on 2020-05-28
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Running head: AIR POLLUTION0Business Communication
AIR POLLUTION1Executive SummaryPollution is the presence of harmful substances in the atmosphere which negativelyinfluences people’s health and the environment. Gwalior, a city situated in Madhya Pradesh,India, is world’s second most air polluted city. Gwalior is facing serious issues relating to airpollution which increases health issues for people and various other agriculture issues. Thereare several factors which increase the rate of air pollution in Gwalior such as fossil fuelpowered industries, a large number of vehicles, less greenery, congested areas, dilapidatedroads, and others. Most of the industries in the city are unregistered and small; theseindustries use fossil fuel such as coal, oil or natural gas to fuel their daily operations. Theeasy availability of fossil fuel and heavy use increase the rate of pollution in the city. A largenumber of high fuel consuming vehicles in the city increases the health problems for people.These factors are increasing air pollution in Gwalior because the government has failed toaddress these issues. Carelessness and corruption in the government have contributed toincreasing the rate of air pollution which is negatively affecting millions of people. Thegovernment failure is negatively affecting millions of people’s lives, and appropriate actionsare necessary to be taken by them. The government should introduce strict environmentnorms for industries, ban on the use of fossil fuel in industries, sustainable transportationfacilities, solid waste management, and use of renewable energy to address the issue of airpollution in Gwalior. These policies can assist the government in reducing air pollution in thecity and improve people’s lives.
AIR POLLUTION2Table of Contents1.0 Introduction..........................................................................................................................31.1 Background......................................................................................................................41.2 Purpose and Scope...........................................................................................................42.0 Analysis of the situation in Gwalior.....................................................................................52.1 High rate of Pollution in Gwalior.....................................................................................52.2 Who is responsible?.........................................................................................................52.3 Impact of Government Policies’ Failure..........................................................................73.0 Conclusion............................................................................................................................84.0 Recommendations................................................................................................................8References................................................................................................................................10List of FiguresFigure 1: Registered Vehicles in Gwalior..................................................................................6Figure 2: Monthly mean Temperatures......................................................................................7Figure 3: Concentration of Nitrogen Oxides..............................................................................8
AIR POLLUTION31.0 IntroductionPollution is referred as unwanted, harmful material which contaminates an environment, andit pollutes land, air or water; it is the introduction of poisonous or harmful substances whichcontaminates the air, water or land which is detrimental for the people and the environment.The lives and health of living organisms are negatively affected by the contamination of theatmosphere by harmful elements such as carbon monoxide, oxides of nitrogen and sulphur,plastic, and many other harmful chemicals. According to the data of World HealthOrganisation (WHO), India is world’s 8th most polluted country with most polluted urbanareas that have an average concentration of 60.6 due to lack of environmental policies andnegligence of government (Smith, 2017). As per the real-time Air Quality Index of 2017,Gwalior, a city in Madhya Pradesh, India, is the second most polluted city in the world(Nandil, 2017). This report will analyse the reason for high rate of air pollution in Gwalior,India and evaluates how the government has failed to address this issue. The report willevaluate the negative impact of air pollution on people and environment of Gwalior. Further,various recommendations will be provided in the report that can be adopted the governmentto address the air pollution issues in Gwalior.
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