roads while 2238 was industrial emission 1218 was contributed by biomass burning household solid fuels waste and 811 real estate construction activities he saidpervez elaborates the prescribed safe limit for annual mean concentrations of particulate matter pm 10 and pm 25 is 60 microgram per cubic meter and 40 microgram per cubic meter while in his research raipur has shockingly recorded pm10 between 280300 microgram per cubic meter and pm25 from 190210 microgram per cubic meterpm 10 and pm25 are the small fine particulate matters that settles in lungs and bronchi enters respiratory tract and disrupts breathing and cause health problemsshamsh advocates that its time for government to start using cng in their own vehicles first and then implement it in public transport vehicles specially autorickshaws and eventually make it mandatory for all while many vehicles on road are more than ten years old they emit maximum carbon in environment should be consciously bannedin raipur the organic brown and elemental black carbons joint percentage in atmosphere is 30 which is double than other cities and is which takes the city to another hazardous stage of health ailment like chronic asthma respiratory and skin diseases chhattisgarh has been recording 100 percent increase in respiratory diseases in last few years due to huge bacterial and allergens concentration in atmosphere besides extreme heat less rain we are heading towards becoming a dry regionexpressing opinion in this report anunita roy chowdhury executive director centre for science and environment cse said raipur certainly continues to figure in top ten most polluted cities in the country with disturbing is pm 25 levels increased by 7 percent since last whos published reportthis clearly indicates pollution is a serious issue in raipur with contrasting change in opposite trend of further worsening this is worse than delhi where it recovered due to strong public awareness pressure from apex court and other factors we need to implement similar factors in raipur too she addedexperts suggest following solutionsvehicular pollutionits time for government to start using cng in their own vehicles first and then implement it in public transport vehicles specially autorickshaws and eventually make it mandatory for all says experts while many vehicles on road are more than ten years old they emit maximum carbon in environment should be consciously bannedindustriesin terms of industries its mainly small scale sponge iron plants in urlasiltara area that cant afford pollution control equipment proper monitoring of big industries and closure of smaller ones that violate pollution norms should be closedeffective monitoring to check whether industries around raipur are using electrostatic precipitators esp to check air pollutionbiomass burningwhile supreme court has already banned biomass burning 61 of households in urban areas still use and depend upon kerosene and solid fuels for cooking and other use against the national average of 23 accessibility of lpg stoves at lower rates to these poor households would bring down pollution level to great extentreal estatefor real estate the only solution could be closed construction by covering the site from