People in Dhaka are in a disease panic!
Sometimes people are impatient with mosquito-borne Chikungunya-dengue; Never again contagious coronavirus. There are various diseases as a result of air pollution! People living in the capital Dhaka are scared of diseases day and night.
Dhaka's environment harmony has been formed with air and noise pollution. The people of the city live with these. Air and noise pollution is increasing every day. The people of the city are gradually being put at risk of death. In the last five years, the level of air pollution has increased by an average of 10 to 20 percent which has made the air of Dhaka even more toxic. At least 2,000 tons of dust is flying in the sky of Dhaka every day. The capital Dhaka is now the second most polluted city in the world.
The hospitals in the capital are now full of sick people. Every day people of all age groups are flocking to the hospital with various deadly diseases including heart disease and respiratory problems. One of the reasons is air and noise pollution.
It can be seen on the ground that one of the causes of air pollution in the capital is the dumping of garbage everywhere. It can be seen in different parts of the capital - kitchen waste, paper, plastic, wearable clothes and other wastes are left on the streets which create rotten germs and spread germs from there. It goes into our stomach with breathing and gives birth to various diseases. This can lead to cancer.
The mills are responsible for the pollution of this city. Waste from mills is freely dumped in canals, beels, rivers and canals. Due to which various odors and germs are being born all the time. Irregularities in waste management take on even more alarming proportions during the monsoon season. We have to live with diseases and pests in the rainy season due to the floating of factories, hospitals and houses in the rivers and canals.
The city is full of poisonous black smoke emitted from steel and re-rolling mills in Shampur and Postagola areas of the capital. As a result, it has become difficult for the residents of the area to breathe. Not only Shampur and Postagola but all the places of the capital are now occupied by dust.
Atmospheric Pollution Study Center (CAPS) Founder Professor Ahmed Kamruzzaman Majumder told Barta24.com that the air pollution is due to various reasons including road excavation and repair work, mega projects, nearby brickfields, thousands of small and big factories, black smoke from unfit vehicles and burning of garbage. As a result, people of all ages, including senior citizens, are being affected by various diseases.
"Air pollution can lead to a variety of problems, including heart disease and respiratory problems, as well as reproductive problems in women," she said. It also causes economic problems. As air pollution causes major diseases, treatment costs a lot of money. We know that we lack capacity. Therefore water everywhere at least twice a day. We have seen that once water is given, the pollution stays in the downward position for at least an hour and a half.
The official said the tolerable level of air pollution is 65 micrograms per cubic meter. The air quality of Gazipur is 263 micrograms per cubic meter. In Madaripur this value is 49 micrograms. Mainly due to the abundance of water bodies, rivers and vegetation in Madaripur, the air quality has been mentioned as good. Gazipur district has the highest air pollution in the country. Dhaka is in the second position. On the other hand, the lowest air pollution is in Madaripur.
Now is the time to protect Dhaka by bringing the mills under the plan. Otherwise a more terrible situation may be created, the researcher Ahmad Kamruzzaman said.
Ziaul Haque, director of the environment directorate, said he hoped the brick kiln control and mega project work would be completed by December 2022. As a result, the level of air pollution may come down after 2023. Moving away from bricks, by 2025, all constructions except roads will be closed with eco-friendly blocks. Targets will also be set for non-governmental organizations. There are now 8,000 brickfields in the country. He also hopes that it will come down in the future.