A Study of Impact of Air Pollutants on Human Health during COVID-19 in Delhi

The aim of the study is to envisage the dose of deposition of particulate matter mainly PM2.5 and PM10. 35 monitoring stations as installed by Central Pollution Control Board have been considered under the study. International Commission on Radiological Protection method also known as RDD estimation was used in investigating the Station wise value of RDD2.5 and RDD10 during standing and walking during. Apart from the empirical study, GIS and remote sensing techniques also used to see the effect of population density. The results show that the values of RDD10 during standing and walking were found to be relatively more in dense populated areas, however the values of RDD2.5 found to be more in relatively less dense populated areas. Therefore, the deposition of particulate matter which played an important role in the enhancement of mortalities during Novel Corona Virus occurred in dense populated areas. The GIS study also shows that on the basis of pollution data availablefrom CPCB, 250 no. of people per kilo-meter square are under exposure of PM2.5 and PM10.