Shandilya, Kaushik
Bansal, Sharad N.
Gupta, Gopal Krishna
Srivastava, Roma
Singh, Navneet P.
Maity, Bidesh
Srivastava, Paritosh
Article History
Received: 1 February 2026
Accepted: 3 June 2026
First Online: 13 June 2026
Declarations
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: This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors. The study is based entirely on publicly available secondary data sourced from the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India; therefore, ethical approval was not required. Not applicable. This study does not involve human participants, human data, or human tissue.
: All authors have read and approved the final manuscript and consent to its publication in Discover Atmosphere .
: The authors declare no competing interests.