• Dr Pebam Munindro Singh

Particulate matter, one of the air pollutants, is a mixture of small solid and liquid particles suspended in the air. These particulate matters can affect respiratory functions and cause irregular heartbeats. Very recently, a report from Greenpeace India says that as many as 1.2 million deaths take place every year due to air pollution in India and pointing fossil fuels as one of the main culprit for the deteriorating air quality across the country. Itanagar, the Capital of Arunachal Pradesh does not endowed with many industrial and factory set-ups, but automobile exhaust, forest fires and road dust is the main contributor to air pollution. Monitoring and identification of these particulates is the need of the hour in addressing some health issues related to air pollution. In this paper, progress of air particulates monitoring, using foldscope as tool from different locations of Itanagar were elaborated. Dimension of the area in slides used for this purpose is 1.6 cm x 0.8 cm, which we get in paper slide (coming along with the foldscope). All slides were placed at suitable and safe locations for collection of air particulates and were observed through foldscope after every 3-4 days during rainy days and after 2-3 days during dry/sunny days. The number of air particulates stuck on the marked portions were counted, tabulated and presented monthly-wise as average abundance in graphical form. The study period is from May 2018 to December 2018

Air particulates, pollution, Itanagar, foldscope.

"ADVANCES IN MONITORING OF AIR PARTICULATES OF ITANAGAR,", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.875-881, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907882.pdf

"ADVANCES IN MONITORING OF AIR PARTICULATES OF ITANAGAR,", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp875-881, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907882.pdf