ahmedabad a 2020 study carried out by a team of iit gandhinagar iitgn researchers indicated that the sediments of sabarmati river had 134 micrograms of microplastic for per kilogram of the sediment analysed the study microplastic vulnerability in the sediments of the sabarmati river of india by arbind kumar patel chandrasekhar bhagat kaling taki and manish kumar was one among the many studies that indicated prevalence of microplastics in immediate environment of the citywhile a polythene bag or a pet bottle can be seen and processed for repurposing or disposal the world is battling a new challenge in form of microplastics the plastic substance smaller than 5mm which is often not even seen as the theme of this years world environment day is beat plastic pollution the experts point at a type of pollution which is hard to fightprabhjot sodhi senior program director at centre for environmental education cee said that across major cities in india including ahmedabad the recycling of plastic itself generates large quantities of microplastics which cannot be processed one can get a glimpse of the phenomenon right in their washing machines where the lint caused by the synthetic fabric is often accumulated on the mesh one can just imagine the amount of microplastic generated daily more effective processing of plastics could be one way forward he saidanother study conducted by the researchers of the ms university of baroda and hemchandracharya north gujarat university in 2022 found prevalence of microplastic on state beaches ranging from 14 to 26 micrograms per one kilogram of sand across 20 locationssutrapada near veraval was found to have the maximum microplastic along with favourite tourist destinations such as dwarka and somnath private beach of serena in kutch and madhavpur had the least microplastic the researchers said that along with soil pollution implication of the microplastic presence is detrimental to marine life likewise a 2021 study was among several that found microplastic in the sea salt produced in states including gujarat and tamil nadu