Consequences of Cement Industry Dust on Soil Microflora and fertility

Vibha Bhardwaj¹

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.8 , Issue.6 , pp.1-5, Jun-2022

Online published on Jun 30, 2022

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Abstract :
The key source of soil pollution is the effect of dust and gaseous pollutants from cement industry. The dust mainly spread around the cement industry to a radius of 5,000 meters, causing the soils to become mostly polluted. In the morphological observation of the soil samples, it was found that there was change in colour of soil in the surface layer. The chemical and physical properties of the soil changes due to pollution. The pH of the soil changed alkalinity. In this probe, the bacterial population and diversity in soil around a cement plant were assessed at two different sites. Site A (test site) was covered with cement dust, while site B (control site) was free of cement dust. Four soil samples were collected from the surface and below the surface at both sites and their bacterial density and diversity was quantified. The bacteriological identification was carried out using standard methods of analysis. The highest bacterial count of 128.00 x 104 was observed in surface soil sample in control site B, while the least count of 52.00 x 104 was observed in soil sample obtained below the surface at site A. A total of 12 Gram negative bacterial isolates were characterized which include; Citrobacter amalonaticus, Kleibsella. oxytoca, Klebsiella.terrigena, Proteus.mirabilis, Enterobacter.cloacae, Enterobacter.aerogenes, Pseudomonas.aeruginosa, Proteus.vulgaris, Proteus.mirabilis, Pantoea.agglomerans, Pseudomonas.alcaligenes, Serratia odorifera and Serratia fonticola. While, five species of Gram positive bacterial isolates were observed. In this research work, scientific results showed that cement dust can reduce the richness and diversity of soil bacteria which will cause the changes in the agrochemical and other properties of the soil. As a result, the cement industry adversely affected the vegetative development of the agricultural plants grown on it, disrupting the growing season and photosynthesis processes and resulting in reduced yields. Therefore, there is a need to take appropriate action for pollution control and prevention strategies in the cement plant.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Cement industry, bacterial, soil microorganisms, pollution, dust

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