chandrapur pollution in chandrapur has reached an alarming level and it has adversely affected peoples health feel 942 of citizens who responded to a sample survey carried out by a group of medical practitioners and environmentalists while 751 people have attributed the cause of their ailment to high pollution 60 citizens feel that they are irritated by high air and noise pollution leading to early exhaustion sleeplessness lack of focus on work spark of anger and headachesenvironmentalist dr yogeshwar dudhpachare along with medical practitioner dr ashok wasalwar and dr saurav rajurkar conducted this online survey with the help of 22 point questionnaire to understand the effects of pollution especially air pollution on peoples health the survey received responses from 430 persons of them 64 people feel that their life spanhas decreased by some years due to pollution said dr wasalwar and added that even those who dont smoke have the effect of smoking 10 cigarettes a day on their lungs in chandrapur as per the study findings 673 people claimed they are suffering from one or other skin diseases and high acidity while 295 said they have at least one patient and 20 said they have got 2 patients with skin diseases at home those suffering from cold frequent sneezing and runny noses constituted 77 contracting a disease due to high water pollution is a concern for 83 respondents investing in real estate would give returns in the negative feel 69 people in fact 70 agreed to leave chandrapur for better opportunities elsewherepulmonologist dr saurabh rajurkar said high pollution responsible for higher cases of respiratory disorders and heart and lungs ailments in children as well as adults there are a high number of patients with asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease the number of heart failure patients too is rising he said and added that there is high number of newborn to 12 years of age children with asthma or some pollution related allergy in chandrapur dr dudhpachare claimed that they are going to publish a research paper based on the outcome of the survey and apprise the state government peoples representatives maharashtra pollution control board of their analytical findings