Pollution Assessment using Bioindicator (Odonata and Mollusca) in Narmada basin at Jabalpur: A Developing Smart City

Abstract

The smart city mission of Jabalpur intends to promote adoption with basic infrastructure to give a decent quality of life, a clean and sustainable environment through application of smart solutions where environment disturbed through anthropogenic activities. Odonata and Mollusca are biological indicators so without using chemicals we aimed to know the pollution intensity of river Narmada basin. Benthos assemblage from Narmada basin in Jabalpur has been investigated. A total of 37 species of Odonata and 13 species of Mollusca were sampled.