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Foreword
A
survey of vehicular pollution in the 12 metropolit.an cities of
the country was undertaken during the year 1988- 89. The survey
was conducted through interaction with Automobile Association, petroleum
marketing organisations and through sample surveys among vehicle
owners to determine average distance covered by different classes
of vehicles. Information was also collected from agencies owning
of large fleet of trucks and buses. Methodology adopted in arriving
at the vehicular pollutional load was discussed with the Indian
Institute of Petroleum, Oehradun and is confirmed to be an accepted
one. Appropriate emission factors developed by World Health Organisation
are used in this report.
This report is brought out in 13 parts. This document Part IX, is
a report of the assessment of vehicular pollution in the metropolitan
city of Kanpur. Part I is a summary report of the situation in all
the 12 metropolitan cities while Part II to XIII deal with individual
metropolitan cities in detail.
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