National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
In present study, heavy metal concentrations of cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), lead (Pb) and copper (Cu) in soil, water and fodder samples collected from industrial (Gandhidham- area 1) and non-industrial (Bhachau- area 2) areas of Kutch district of Gujarat were determined with objectives to explore presence of heavy metals and correlationship between heavy metal concentrations in environmental components. Comparing the inter-area values, the average level of Co in non-industrial area and Cu in industrial area were found significantly higher for soil samples; levels of Cd, Ni and Pb collected from non-industrial area were significantly higher as compared to industrial area for water samples while average values of Cd in industrial area were significantly higher than non-industrial area and average values of Co in non-industrial area were significantly higher than industrial area for fodder samples. Based on available Maximum Permissible Limit (MPL), none of the soil sample in industrial and non-industrial areas was found to contain heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Pb and Cu) above MPLs.
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