Indian Journal of

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL

VOL. IX No. 1 March 2009

CONTENTS

From the Editor’s Desk

A Report from the Secretary
Instructions for Authors for Submission of Manuscripts
Contributed Papers
1. Town Planning Strategies to Reduce Air Pollution: European Guidelines,
Approaches, Experiences and Experiments
Prof. Arch. Tullis Cigni
2. Contribution of Vehicular Activity to Air Pollution in Hyderabad, India:
Measurements, Chemistry and analysis
Sarath K. GuttiKunda and rakesh Aggarwal
3. Performance Evaluation of AERMOD and ADMS Urban Models in a Tropical
Urban Environment
Manju Mohan, Shweta Bhati and Pallavi Marrapu
4. Role of IAAPC for Better Air Quality
S.P. Singal
5. Isopleths of SO2 in the Neighbourhood of T.P.S. II at Neyveli
S. Palanivelraja and M.P. Choikalingam
6. Optimization of Injection Timing and Pressure of Stationary C.I. Engine
Operated on Pre-Heated Karanj-Diesel Blend
Satish Kumar sharma, Dilip Sharma and S.L. Soni
7. Monitoring Noise Levels at Selected Cities in Northern India
D. Saha, K. Kumar, F. Rahman, D. Gautam, K.P. Rathi, A. Kumar and S.D. Makhijani
8. Meteorological Considerations in Environmental protection of Large Building
Construction Projects
B. Padmanabhamurty
9. Oily Droplets in Ambient Air of Shillong
S.C. Katiyar and G.D. Agrawal
10. Defining Aerosols by Physical and chemical Characteristics
Shandilya Kaushik K., and Khare Mukesh
1. Report on the Proceedings of the Workshop “Air Pollution and Human
Health”, held on 23.09. 2008.
2. Report and Recommendations of the Workshop “Evolving Strategies for
Improving Air Quality in Indian Cities”, held on 01.10. 2008.

Published by
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(Delhi Chapter)
A- 271, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase - I, New Delhi – 110020
E-mail: iaapcdelhi@gmail.com Web site: www.iaapc.in
 Indian Journal of
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
VOL. IX No. 1 March 2009
CONTENTS
From the Editor’s Desk
A Report from the Secretary
Instructions for Authors for Submission of Manuscripts
Contributed Papers
1 Town Planning Strategies to Reduce Air Pollution: European Guidelines,
Approaches, Experiences and Experiments 1
.
Prof. Arch. Tullis Cigni
2 Contribution of Vehicular Activity to Air Pollution in Hyderabad, India: 37
Measurements, Chemistry and analysis
.
Sarath K. GuttiKunda and rakesh Aggarwal
3 Performance Evaluation of AERMOD and ADMS Urban Models in a 47
Tropical Urban Environment
.
Manju Mohan, Shweta Bhati and Pallavi Marrapu
4 Role of IAAPC for Better Air Quality 63
S.P. Singal
.
5 Isopleths of SO2 in the Neighbourhood of T.P.S. II at Neyveli 71
S. Palanivelraja and M.P. Choikalingam
.
6. Optimization of Injection Timing and Pressure of Stationary C.I. Engine 79
Operated on Pre-Heated Karanj-Diesel Blend
Satish Kumar sharma, Dilip Sharma and S.L. Soni
7. Monitoring Noise Levels at Selected Cities in Northern India 90
D. Saha, K. Kumar, F. Rahman, D. Gautam, K.P. Rathi, A. Kumar and S.D. Makhijani
8. Meteorological Considerations in Environmental protection of Large 99
Building Construction Projects
B. Padmanabhamurty
9. Oily Droplets in Ambient Air of Shillong 103
S.C. Katiyar and G.D. Agrawal
10 Defining Aerosols by Physical and chemical Characteristics 107
Shandilya Kaushik K., and Khare Mukesh
1. Report on the Proceedings of the Workshop “Air Pollution and 127
Human Health”, held on 23.09. 2008.
2. Report and Recommendations of the Workshop “Evolving Strategies for
Improving Air Quality in Indian Cities”, held on 01.10. 2008.

Published by:
Indian Association for Air Pollution Control
INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
(Delhi Chapter)
A-271, Okhla Industrial Area, Phase-I,
INDIAN
New Delhi ASSOCIATION
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Indian Association for Air Pollution Control
(Delhi Chapter)

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President Prof Dilip K. Biswas

National Vice-President Dr B. Sengupta
Vice-Presidents (4) Dr H.K. Parwana
Dr B. Padmanabhamurthy
Dr T.K. Joshi
Dr Malti Goel
Secretary General Shri S.K. Gupta
Treasurer Dr Rajendra Prasad
Editor-in-Chief Dr S.P. Singal
Editors (2) Dr Nasim Akhtar
Dr S.K. Tyagi
Managing Committee Members
Dr Pramila Goel
Dr Mukesh Khare
Dr Keyur Shah
Dr Sanchita Jindal
Dr Kafil Ahmad
Dr Krishan Pal
Dr Manju Mohan
Dr Prashant Gargava
Dr Chandra Prakash
Dr Manju Raina
Dr A.K. Bhattacharya (Special Invitee)
Dr P.C. Jha (Special Invitee)
Regional Invited Members
Lucknow Dr M.M. Lal
Patiala Dr Charanjit Singh
Chandigarh Dr Rajesh Kumar
Meerut Dr A.K. Shukla
Kanpur Dr Mukesh Sharma

 Views expressed in the journal are those of the authors and Indian Association of Air Pollution
Control may not necessarily subscribe to them
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From the Editor’s Desk
The March 2009 issue of Volume IX of the Journal of the Indian Association of Air Pollution Control, Delhi
Chapter is now in your hands. This issue is constituted of 10 papers. Two of these papers were presented in
the workshop “Evolving Strategies for Improving Air Quality in Indian Cities”, organized at CRRI,
Delhi by IAAPC on 01.10. 2008. The first paper presented by Prof. Cigni discussed town planning strategies
to reduce air pollution in European cities. The guidelines followed in Europe, approaches, experiences and
experiments carried out by the author are described in the article with a view that suitable ones may be
adopted in India. In the paper presented by Dr GuttiKunda entitled Contribution of Vehicular Activity to Air
Pollution Problem in Hyderabad City is discussed. In the article on modeling in a tropical urban
environment, Prof. Manju Mohan has discussed performance evaluation of AERMOD and ADMS urban
models. The article “Role of IAAPC for better air quality” was presented by Dr Singal in the Better Air
Quality Conference held at Bangkok during 10 – 14 November 2008. He, Dr Parwana and Dr S.K. Tyagi had
participated in this conference. In another paper Dr Padmanabhamurty has discussed meteorological
considerations in environmental protection in the construction of large buildings. The paper on defining
aerosols describes in detail their physical and chemical characteristics while listing the problems encountered
in aerosol studies. The rest of the papers describe their respective research experiences in various areas
related to air pollution problems.
Apart from the workshop organized on 01.10 2008, the Association had also organized another half
day workshop on “Air Pollution and Human Health” on the Annual Day of the Association on 23.09. 2008.
The reports of these workshops are a part of this issue of the journal. Many papers dealing with the various
aspects of the subjects were presented during these workshops. All the papers projected a high standard of
research being carried out in our country. A memorial lecture in the memory of Prof. Nilay Choudhary was
an important part of the Annual Day. This is also a day of the foundation of Central Pollution Control Board
and thus the memorial lecture is organized every year in association with CPCB. Prof. Nilay Choudhary was
the founder chairman of CPCB. This year the memorial lecture was delivered by Padam Shree Sushri Sunita
Narain, Director, Centre for Science & Environment. The topic of her talk was “Second Generation Reform
in India’s Environmental Movement – Moving Beyond the Easy and the Ordinary”.
We thank our contributors for their patronization of our journal and request to all our scientific
workers very earnestly to keep sending their original manuscripts related to the various aspects of the subject
of air pollution for publication in the journal. The manuscript may be sent either to the Chief Editor or to the
Secretary of the Association at the earliest possible so that it may be processed (reviewed, resubmitted, and
finally edited) well in time for publication.

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