• Arulmozhi R
• Mageshwar R

Road surfaces receive varying amount of heavy metals by the process of atmospheric deposition, sedimentation, impaction and interception. Particularly in urban areas, the top soils and roadside dusts are indicators of heavy metal contamination from atmospheric deposition. Industries, traffic, and construction are some of the main anthropogenic sources of heavy metal pollution. Urban dust is contaminated by pollutants from various diffused sources and is often difficult to be controlled. Road dust has often been used as an indicator of heavy metal pollution in our environment. Nowadays it becomes mandatory to observe the concentration to know the level of contamination. In recent decades, considerable attention has been paid to the problem of urban soil contamination with heavy metals to prevent further environmental deterioration. In the study, roadside dust particles as well as the top surface of the soil in the roadside of different land use pattern (Commercial, Industrial and Residential area) are determined for possible heavy metals to find the distribution pattern of such metals on the roadside. Based on the study, the heavy metals such as Pb, Ni, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Hg are present below the permissible level in soil as prescribed by WHO.

Dust, Soil, Heavy metals Distribution, Pollution Index, geo accumulation index

" SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF HEAVY METALS IN ROADSIDE DUST AND SOIL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no.d297-d308, April-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404342.pdf

" SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF HEAVY METALS IN ROADSIDE DUST AND SOIL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 4, page no. ppd297-d308, April-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2404342.pdf