American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 2015, 6, 757-766 Published Online August 2015 in SciRes. http://www.scirp.org/journal/ajac http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajac.2015.69072 How to cite this paper: Patel, K.S., Sahu, D., Ramteke, S., Blazhev, B., Matini, L., Yubero, E. and Hoinkis, J. (2015) Transport Pollution in India. American Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 6, 757-766. http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajac.2015.69072 Transport Pollution in India Khageshwar Singh Patel 1* , Dhananjay Sahu 1 , Shobhana Ramteke 1 , Borislav Blazhev 2 , Laurent Matini 3 , Eduardo Yubero 4 , Jan Hoinkis 5 1 School of Studies in Environmental Science, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, India 2 Central Laboratory for Chemical Testing and Control, Sofia, Bulgaria 3 Department of Exact Sciences, E.N.S., Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Congo 4 Applied Physics Department, Miguel Hernandez University, Elche, Spain 5 Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences, Karlsruhe, Germany Email: * patelks_55@hotmail.com Received 7 July 2015; accepted 18 August 2015; published 21 August 2015 Copyright © 2015 by authors and Scientific Research Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution International License (CC BY). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Abstract Road dusts contribute a large fraction of air pollution in urban environment of India. In the present work, contamination assessment of ions and elements i.e. F − , Cl − , 3 NO − , 2 4 SO − , 4 NH + , Na + , K + , Mg 2+ , Ca 2+ , As, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb and Hg in the road dusts of the most industrialized area of central India: Raipur (capital, Chhattisgarh state) is described during year: 2008-2013. In year 2008, the mean content of the element i.e. F − , Cl − , 3 NO − , 2 4 SO − , 4 NH + , Na + , K + , Mg 2+ , Ca 2+ , As, Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Pb and Hgin the dust (n = 5) was found to be 292 ± 112, 5068 ± 2445, 927 ± 280, 3336 ± 1315, 155 ± 65, 4273 ± 1761, 1477 ± 626, 974 ± 243, 9809 ± 2370, 21.2 ± 2.4, 150 ± 30, 12,816 ± 12,522, 157,736 ± 61,542, 60 ± 7, 566 ± 608, 348 ± 154, 296 ± 163 and 0.10 ± 0.09 mg/kg, respectively. The enrichment, concentration variations and sources of the elements are discussed. Keywords Road Dust, Heavy Metals, Ions, Contamination, India 1. Introduction Population growth and economic development in India are contributing many serious environmental calamities i.e. environmental pollution, global warming, climate change, etc. [1]. Motored vehicles for land transportation are the foremost transportation method and contribute a major fraction of air pollution [2]. Road transport air pollutants are fugitive in nature, including vehicle, non-vehicle exhaust and road related emissions [3]. The most * Corresponding author.