2.07 Ambient Air Quality Status Of Dhaka City (1996-97)

Parameters Farmgate Police Station Gulshan Police Box Tejgaon Gabtali Mohakhali Proposed Standards of Ambient air (Bangladesh)
Industrial Area Commer- cial Area Residen- tial Area
SPM 424.06- 402.93- 424.06- 590.37- 450.51- 500 400 200

2235.9

 502.58 686.60 998.75 950.40
NO2 15.33- 2.53- 3.30- 15.38- 26.6- 100 100 80
45.52 47.60 46.00 53.54 48.08
SO2 56.30- 64.44- 38.90- 109.77- 93.69- 120 100 80
  162.50 199.43 129.00 180.55 150.48
Note: All units in microgram/m3 SPM = Suspended particulate matter
NO2 = Oxides of Nitrogen
SO2 = Sulphar dioxide
Source: Directorate of Environment.