Impact of Air Pollution on Respiratory Health: A Comparative Study of

Roadside Workers in Polluted and Non-Polluted Areas

Project Report Submitted for the Partial Fulfillment of Post Graduate Course (M.Sc.) in

Environmental Science

May, 2024

Submitted By:

Miss. Manjila Yesmin

Roll No.: M.Sc. (Sem-IV) Env-09

Registration No.: VB – 0505 of 2022-23

Under the Supervision of:

Prof. Pratap Kumar Padhy
Department of Environmental Studies
Siksha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati
Santiniketan - 731235
 Certificate

This is to certify that the project report entitled, "Impact of Air Pollution on Respiratory Health:

A Comparative Study of Roadside Workers in Polluted and Non-Polluted Areas" submitted to

the Department of Environmental Studies, Siksha Bhavana, Visva-Bharati for the partial fulfilment

of Master of Science in Environmental Science is a faithful record of original project work carried

out by Manjila Yesmin under my supervision and guidance.

Prof. Pratap Kumar Padhy

(Supervisor & HOD)
Department of Environmental Studies,
Siksha Bhavana, Visva- Bharati
 Declaration

I, Manjila Yesmin, hereby declare that the M.Sc. Project entitled, "Impact of Air Pollution on

Respiratory Health: A Comparative Study of Roadside Workers in Polluted and Non-Polluted

Areas" has been undertaken by me in the Department of Environmental Studies, Siksha Bhavana,

Visva-Bharati. This Project work is original and is submitted for the partial fulfilment of the

requirement for the award of degree of Masters of Science in Environmental Science, under the

guidance of Prof. Pratap Kumar Padhy. I further declare that this work has not been submitted

earlier to any other university for diploma or any other degree.

Manjila Yesmin
Student of M.Sc. in Environmental Science, (Sem-IV)
 Acknowledgements

Foremost, I wish to express my deepest sense of gratitude to my project supervisor, Prof. Pratap

Kumar Padhy, Head of the Department of Environmental Studies (DES), Siksha Bhavana, Visva-

Bharati, for his generosity, worthy and constant support and motivation during my project work.

His guidance helped me a lot to carry out all the activities for this project work.

I am also very much grateful to Dr. P.K. Patra, Dr. S. Balachandran and Dr. Sushil Kumar of

DES for their suggestions and help during the course of study.

I am also very much thankful to Budhhadev Ghosh, Research Scholar of DES for continuously

helping me and guiding me to complete my project work.

I wish to express my gratitude to all the research scholars of DES for sharing their knowledge and

constant co-operation during my project work.

I am also thankful to my friends, Rubina Sultana, Dildar Ali, Banya Lohar, Sushama Mandi,

Urmita Roy, Kamrun Nehar, Shromona Dey for their help and support during my project work.

Then, I express my gratitude to the Department of Environmental Studies, Siksha Bhavana. Visva-

Bharati, Santiniketan for providing me such opportunity and required to do the project work during

my course of study.

Last but not the least, I would also like to convey thanks to all the staff members of DES, my

sincere regards to my parents and all my friends for their inspiration during my project work.

Manjila Yesmin