2016, Issue 12, Volume 8

ACID-RAINS ITS CAUSES AND IMPACTS ON CROPS IN NCR REGION

Sanjay Vats*

Department of Chemistry, Meerut College, Meerut

Email : SanjayVats_51@gmail.com

Received-27.10.2016, Revised-28.12.2016

Abstract: Most recently (2014-2015) the author has gone through vigorous survey of the literature and observed a very challanging natural climatic havoc, hazards to disturb the invironment which may cause discomfort to whole of the humanity through out the world. The investigater who recently studied the composition of rainwater from 5 selected locations, the result  is worried that it is pouring ‘acid rain’, caused by vehicular, industrial pollution and frentic urbanisation. ‘‘In Pune and Nagpur, the amount of acid in rainwater has gone up five times since 1995,’’ said V.K. Soni1, a senior meteorologist with the Indian Meterological Department (IMD) who conducted the study with colleague Jayant Sarkar, Former director of the IMD’s air pollution unit. The researchers also collaborated with the World Meteorological Organisation.

Keywords: Acid rains, Crops, NCR region

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