Abstract
Contaminated soils pose a major environmental and human health concern; phytoremediation technology
provides solution to this critical problem. Bhopal, the city of lakes have currently facing the enormous
amount of industrial pollution mainly at the industrial area due to direct dumping of industrial wastes at
nearby soil. The research work mainly concentrates on investigation of heavy metal pollution at industrial
area and the soil analysis results revealed that soil was heavily contaminated with chromium and lead. To
eliminate the contamination of heavy metals phytoremediation approach is most suitable therefore
botanical survey was carried out and Datura inoxia and Lantana camara were selected for
phytoremediation purpose due to their maximum density at industrially contaminated area. These plants
were tested in vitro for their accumulation properties by establishing them on MS media.
In recent days understanding of the contamination at a particular site is a prerequisite for protection of
human health and environment. Phytoremediation is an area of central thrust and it has the capacity to use
the native plants for removing the contamination. The use of native plants for phytoremediation purpose is
an eco green approach and it also sustains the balance of ecosystem. This research paper explores the new
possibilities to remediate soils polluted by heavy metals. Phytoremediation still required more efforts to be
applicable India. Thus research must be done for seeking the native plants having phytoremediation
potential and the kind of pollution in existing areas so that there were no any types of hazardous effects of
pollution on human being.
By eliminating the effects of micro flora and translocation barriers, a closer approximation to the intrinsic
capacity of particular plant species or cultivars removed from the effects of microbial activity.
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