Chattogram Bureau :
The emission of black smokes from industries, dust and sounds of vehicles are polluting the air in port city. The air and sound pollution have aggravated in Chattogram city, causing different diseases to the city dwellers, environmentalists and locals said.
Air pollution caused by black smoke emission by unfit vehicles and dusts from open space has increased bronchitis, asthma and other respiratory-related diseases among the city dwellers, physicians said. Besides, people of different strata in Chattogram are also facing sound pollution caused by the hydraulic horns, power generators and wielding engineering workshops located in and around residential areas.
They said noise affects children physically and psychologically while normal life is being hampered by round-the-clock operations of the power generators in different posh residence in the city and wielding engineering workshops. Experts said sound pollutions have reached nearly 200 decibel against its tolerable level of 60 decibel. They said air pollution from thousands of unfit vehicles reached 100 per cent against its maximum tolerable level of hard ridge smoke unit of 65 per cent.
Physicians feared that if such environmental degradation continues, respiratory deceases would increase manifold among city residents. Department of Environment (DoE), Chattogram office sources said the pollution is very high in a few jam-packed places of the city including Bahaddarhat crossing, GEC crossing, Newmarket, Agrabad, Chawkbazar and Andarkillah.
According to government guidelines, wielding engineering and lead machines, iron factories and generators must be set up at least one kilometre away from residences and power generators must be set up underground.It is alleged that factory and wielding engineering owners and developers of the residential flats pay no heed to the complaints regarding the situation.
Over 20,749 unfit light and heavy vehicles have been plying the roads of Chattogram city and its adjacent areas without fitness certificates and emitting black smokes.
The emission of black smokes from industries, dust and sounds of vehicles are polluting the air in port city. The air and sound pollution have aggravated in Chattogram city, causing different diseases to the city dwellers, environmentalists and locals said.
Air pollution caused by black smoke emission by unfit vehicles and dusts from open space has increased bronchitis, asthma and other respiratory-related diseases among the city dwellers, physicians said. Besides, people of different strata in Chattogram are also facing sound pollution caused by the hydraulic horns, power generators and wielding engineering workshops located in and around residential areas.
They said noise affects children physically and psychologically while normal life is being hampered by round-the-clock operations of the power generators in different posh residence in the city and wielding engineering workshops. Experts said sound pollutions have reached nearly 200 decibel against its tolerable level of 60 decibel. They said air pollution from thousands of unfit vehicles reached 100 per cent against its maximum tolerable level of hard ridge smoke unit of 65 per cent.
Physicians feared that if such environmental degradation continues, respiratory deceases would increase manifold among city residents. Department of Environment (DoE), Chattogram office sources said the pollution is very high in a few jam-packed places of the city including Bahaddarhat crossing, GEC crossing, Newmarket, Agrabad, Chawkbazar and Andarkillah.
According to government guidelines, wielding engineering and lead machines, iron factories and generators must be set up at least one kilometre away from residences and power generators must be set up underground.It is alleged that factory and wielding engineering owners and developers of the residential flats pay no heed to the complaints regarding the situation.
Over 20,749 unfit light and heavy vehicles have been plying the roads of Chattogram city and its adjacent areas without fitness certificates and emitting black smokes.
