The main cause of air pollution in Dhaka is mainly dust. Before the winter comes the dust in the capital has become very prominent. Disease-induced dust is entering the lungs with chronic dysentery, causing many diseases. Children of educational institutions, men and women working in the workplace, and people who eat normal food every day are being victimized by this indomitable dust. In many areas of the capital, this day is going on till even in the night, the pain of the dust. If you go out of the street, then you can not move the nose without the mask. Some road conditions are so bad that the naked eye is entering the dust. In the city of Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Farmgate, Mirpur, Mohammadpur, Gabtoli, Tejgaon, Jurain, Shyampur, etc., the city dwellers in the dust. The condition of the children, the elderly and the sick, who are less immune to diseases, is the worst due to dust. Dust pollution is seen as a serious threat to public health and environment.
Due to dust, the people are suffering from diseases such as acne, tuberculosis, asthma, colds, coughs, eye problems, bronchitis, sneezing and pneumonia. May cause lung cancer in the dust. Various data-data has found that in the air of Dhaka, harmful carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, ozone, sulfur, sulfur dioxide are far more than tolerable levels. It is not difficult to quantify the sources or causes of this dust in the capital. This dust is being produced from other sources of development and other sources. Dust is made from surrounding dust made by the surrounding brick kilns, vehicle fumes, factories smoke, burning waste, building old buildings, breaking old buildings.
During the construction of any major construction, the environment is supposed to be surveyed, doubt whether it is! Many old schools are running in the capital by disobeying the law. The black smoke of these cars is creating serious threats for public health. The smoke is spreading due to the use of modern and environmentally friendly chimneys in nearby brick fields. Dirt-rubbish in the capital, where they are being stacked. Without the removal of the stove, sometimes it is being set on fire in the name of removal. The result was toxic smoke Due to the construction of sand, cement, brick-kiln, used in fencing or covering, and cleaning the drain and making dumpling in the street is made of dirt. The city corporation is supposed to sprinkle water from the road to prevent dusting, but it can not be seen regularly.
Due to the co-ordination of the various development works of the capital, rising d. According to the Department of Environment, the dust in Dhaka is three times more than the fixed level. The situation is so bad that the street dust is entering the house. About 90 percent of the people of Dhaka city are victims of dust blast. According to the health institute, the expatriates spend $ 800 million a year for dust and air pollution. 15,000 people are killed in the year, half of them children Although initiatives taken to prevent pollution during development work in different countries of the world, it is not taken in our country. According to the National Chest Disease Hospital, seven lakh people of the country are suffering from asthma. Half of them are children living in the city.
There is no sign of reduction in the capital's air pollution. To ensure the city's healthier environment, dusting sources must be stopped soon. Considering the real situation, if there is no specific plan from the two City Corporations, the Department of Environment, and other concerned authorities, then there will be no relief from dust pollution. Applying existing laws to control dust will have to be properly applied. Dhaka, the capital Dhaka has exceeded its level of environmental pollution, especially in the air pollution.
Recently the medical journal 'The Lancet' has said that in the death of pollution, Bangladesh is at the top. The number of life-style indicators and how many downstream will move the authorities? The least importance of any city should be to give priority to environmental issues. If air pollution increases, then the present and the future generation will have to pay the extreme price. If there is no air pollution in Dhaka, especially dust, then it will come in future when Dhaka will have to be disqualified to live.