Abstract
In recent years, Pakistan has experienced severe and persistent air pollution associated withurbanization and industrialization and it has substantial affects on ecosystem and air quality.Inurban and peri-urban areas,maximum TSP concentrations wereobserved at SatianaRoad (987μm-3)and Chak 215 RB(1123μgm-3).Similarly,maximumPM10concentrationswererecordedat Gutte Wala (782μgm-3) and Chak 215 RB(893μgm-3), while maximum PM2.5concentrationswereobserved at Madina Food Mill (621μgm-3) and Chak 215 RB (654μgm-3).Thestatisticalresults suggested that there weresignificant difference between urban and peri-urban areas.Majority ofsize segregated pollutants including TSP, PM10and PM2.5were found with highervalues than the United States EnvironmentalProtection Agency(US-EPA),World HealthOrganization(WHO)andNational EnvironmentalQuality Standardsfor Pakistan (NEQS-Pak)limits for both urban and peri-urban areas.However,only 4%, 8% and 4% for TSP, PM10andPM2.5,respectively inurban andin peri-urban samplesforTSP (40%)PM10(60%) andPM2.5(44%) were found under prescribedguidelines.Furthermore, we have also compared metropolitansize segregated pollutant (PM10)with other Pakistan and Asian metropolitan’s citiesandpurposeda controlstrategytoimprove air quality in Faisalabad
