Khulna environment fast degrading
Monday, 6 December 2010
Our Correspondent
KHULNA, Dec 5: The whole Khulna city is becoming unsuitable for living because of environment degradational. Industrial units at Khalishpur and Daulatpur in Khulna are posing a threat to the environment continuously polluting air, water and soil of the areas.
Local physicians claim people of the Khalishpur and Daulatpur industrial area who are exposed to constant sounds of mills and factories are losing hearing capacity day by day. They are also affected by water pollution caused by the industrial units.
The department concerned has failed to take any measures to check environmental pollution. The officials of the department are alleged to have been maintaining an illegal nexus with the owners of the industrial units.
Waste from different mills and factories are falling in the Rupsha and Bhairab and polluting the river water.
A recent report said, there were 58 industrial units in this area in 2001. But now, there are about 350 industrial units in the region. Of them, 230, including jute mills, power plants, soybean mills, saw mills, shrimp processing plants and cement factories are on the banks of the Bhairab.
More than 22 shrimp processing factories are also polluting the environment of Khulna and Rupsha areas. Chemical wastes and bleaching powder, disposed by the industries and plants are polluting water and soil to a great extent.
Brickfields in Rupsha, Abhaynagor and Phultala Upazilas are polluting air on a large scale. The brickfields used firewood instead of coal emitting huge volume of black smoke.
The air is contaminated with different harmful gases including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, which are detrimental to health. Consequently, diseases like lung cancer, respiratory problems, asthma and hypertension have become common among the people of the region.
The drainage system of Khulna and Khalishpur is in a poor condition. A large number of latrines are connected to drains that constantly produce obnoxious smell. Due to lack of a sound water management, water logging has also become a regular phenomenon, particularly in rainy season.
KHULNA, Dec 5: The whole Khulna city is becoming unsuitable for living because of environment degradational. Industrial units at Khalishpur and Daulatpur in Khulna are posing a threat to the environment continuously polluting air, water and soil of the areas.
Local physicians claim people of the Khalishpur and Daulatpur industrial area who are exposed to constant sounds of mills and factories are losing hearing capacity day by day. They are also affected by water pollution caused by the industrial units.
The department concerned has failed to take any measures to check environmental pollution. The officials of the department are alleged to have been maintaining an illegal nexus with the owners of the industrial units.
Waste from different mills and factories are falling in the Rupsha and Bhairab and polluting the river water.
A recent report said, there were 58 industrial units in this area in 2001. But now, there are about 350 industrial units in the region. Of them, 230, including jute mills, power plants, soybean mills, saw mills, shrimp processing plants and cement factories are on the banks of the Bhairab.
More than 22 shrimp processing factories are also polluting the environment of Khulna and Rupsha areas. Chemical wastes and bleaching powder, disposed by the industries and plants are polluting water and soil to a great extent.
Brickfields in Rupsha, Abhaynagor and Phultala Upazilas are polluting air on a large scale. The brickfields used firewood instead of coal emitting huge volume of black smoke.
The air is contaminated with different harmful gases including carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide, which are detrimental to health. Consequently, diseases like lung cancer, respiratory problems, asthma and hypertension have become common among the people of the region.
The drainage system of Khulna and Khalishpur is in a poor condition. A large number of latrines are connected to drains that constantly produce obnoxious smell. Due to lack of a sound water management, water logging has also become a regular phenomenon, particularly in rainy season.