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Environmental pollution monitoring in and around Paradip Port, Paradip, Odisha

The port activity can cause deterioration of air quality, of waste from the various point and non-point sources,
marine water quality, sediment quality, and noise level and predict pollution levels for the future. Environmental
at the Paradip city and surrounding areas due to diverse monitoring and analysis work of Pradip Port and its
activities. Hence, regular monitoring and assessment are surrounding area includes Air, Water, Sediment, and Noise
required to identify pollution sources, control and dispose Environment (Fig. 1a &1b).

a b

Fig. 1: Location Map of Study Area Depicting (a) Water and Sediment Monitoring Stations Inside Paradip Port (b) Air
Monitoring Stations Inside and Outside Paradip Port

a b c

d e f

g h i

Fig. 2: Graph showing the variation of environmental parameters during the four seasons(a) Particulate Matter
(PM10), (b) Particulate Matter (PM2.5), (c) Dissolved Oxygen in surface and bottom water, (d) Petroleum
Hydrocarbon (PHC) in surface water, (e) Total Phytoplankton Count in surface water, (f) Total Viable Count in
surface water, (g) Chromium in sediment, (h) Total Viable Count of sediment sample, (i) Noise-Inside Port area.

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