Dust, biomass burning from NW India, Pakistan polluted cities like Delhi, Arabian Sea area: study
Mineral dust, biomass burning, secondary sulfate, secondary nitrate from northwest India and Pakistan polluted cities like Delhi, the Thar Desert, and the Arabian Sea area, and long-range transported marine-mixed aerosols are the main sources of aerosols in the central Himalayan region, said the Ministry of Science and Technology which shared the findings of the study.This dust transport and forest fires are the main sources of TSP particularly in pre-monsoon period March-May when TSP concentration peaks in the region, it said.