Research Article

Assessment of Population Exposure to Coarse and Fine Particulate Matter in the Urban Areas of Chennai, India

Table 2

Summary of pollution sources in Chennai.

SourcesNumbers

Vehicle fleet (millions)4.2 (2013)
Cars and jeeps682434
Two wheelers3339933
Three wheelers74619
Buses + stage carriers48672
HDV + LDV + others145,865
Coal-fired power plants3
Brick kilns number and type600, bull trench
Other prominent sourcesRe suspended road dust, open dump sites burning, diesel gene sets, construction activities, and so forth

Some of the information adopted from Guttikunda et al. 2014 [27].