A STUDY ON ROAD VEHICLE USERS AWARENESS TOWARDS AIR POLLUTION IN MADURAI CITY

Abstract

Humans probably first experienced harm from air pollution .The main sources of pollutants in urban areas are transportation predominantly automobiles. A study was made to find out the road vehicle users awareness towards air pollution and to identify the measures taken by road vehicle users to reduce air pollution. With the help of structured questionnaire, data have been collected from the road vehicle users of Kalavasal area in Madurai city. The results revealed that there is awareness among the road vehicle users towards air pollution but they ignore to take measures to reduce air pollution. Though some are affected in various ways the effort taken by them is minimum.