Higher concentrations of Cu (137.7 μg/g) and Zn (139 μg/g) were reported in the soils collected from industrial areas of Surat, Western India (Krishna and Govil 2007). Cr, Ni and Pb concentrations in the soils of Jagiroad paper mill area, Assam , India, mainly originated from paper mill effluent and soil Cd was associated with natural concentration (Reza et al.,2013).