New normal baseline data during nationwide lock down due to Covid 19 pandemic in the world's largest ship recycling yard at Alang, India.

A detailed study to generate the new normal baseline data has been carried out during nationwide lockdown (May 12 to May 16, 2020) covering sampling for ambient air, coastal water, coastal sediments, fish and bioaccumulation of heavy metals, in an around Alang, the world's biggest ship recycling yard. The lockdown data were compared with 2018 and 2019 observed data. PM values during lockdown were reduced by 3.