Assessment of Air Pollution and its Impact on Human Health Behavior in Jhansi City, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract“Health is wealthâ€, which depends on the interaction of various biotic and abiotic factors at individual, family, community, national and international level. Enduring exposure of various health hazards generated as a consequence of rapid modernization is deteriorating the health and making us ill. Additionally, the contamination in air, water and food has caused brutality in its behavior. Conditions are even more substantial in socio-economically compromised areas. Jhansi, due to considerably lesser political interest is a socio-economically backward area. Like many other cities of India the ambient air quality of Jhansi is also being depreciated day after day. Poor traffic control, uneven roads and extensive automobile exhausts are additionally helping in its quality drop. Certain man made pollutants e.g. O3 (produced by photochemical reaction) and other particulate matters