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Foreword
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survey of vehicular pollution in the 12 metropolitan 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, Dehradun 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 part.s. This document. Part X,
is a report of the assessment of vehicular pollution in the metropolitan
city of Lucknow. 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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