Dhaka’s environment is in a terrible crisis due to dust
When cars are moving, the road is not visible. The surrounding area turns grey due to the dust. The faster the car goes, the more dust it throws up. Added to this is the black smoke from unfit cars.
Many people are holding their noses while walking on the pavement. Some are also wearing masks. A layer of dust has also accumulated on the trees in the median.
Al-Amin, a tea shop owner in Dhaka’s Titipara, said, “Renovation work has been going on for a long time on the busiest road. Cars are moving all the time. Most of the cars are again spewing black smoke.
It is difficult to breathe. I am somehow surviving by wearing a mask. There has been a decline in the number of customers. At one time, I felt like a stranger because of the dust.”
Pictures like those of Titipara and Kamalapur roads are now everywhere in the capital. Due to unplanned and uncoordinated road digging, roads in many areas have become unfit for people and vehicles.
The progress of the renovation work is frustratingly sluggish. As a result, dust and black smoke from vehicles are constantly mixing with Dhaka’s air. Air quality is being affected. And it has become a major threat to the health of city residents.
IQAir’s monitoring shows that Dhaka frequently ranks first or second in global air pollution. On 15th, February, a holiday, Dhaka was ranked as one of the most polluted cities in the world.
Dhaka’s air pollution is caused by black smoke from old vehicles, industrial emissions, open dumping of construction materials, methane from landfills, and dust from road pits. These pollutants are constantly mixing with Dhaka’s air, worsening the air quality.
However, no relevant organization has any reliable information on the amount of air pollution from which source.
There is no coordinated initiative by inter-agency organizations to protect Dhaka, which is facing a serious environmental crisis.
Although the environment has been given importance at the state level, no effective initiatives have been taken. The Ministry of Environment, RAJUK, the City Corporation, Dhaka WASA, and BRTA are working independently, without coordination.
As a result, immediately after one organization cuts and repairs the road, another organization rushes onto the road with shovels and shovels.
Due to this, on the one hand, the state’s finances are being wasted; on the other hand, public suffering is increasing due to excavations throughout the year. Environmental pollution is also continuing unabated.
Sheikh Muhammad Mehedi Ahsan, General Secretary of the Bangladesh Institute of Planners, believes Dhaka is becoming less livable due to a decline in greenery, natural environments, and water bodies.
He said, air and water pollution are increasing due to a decline in trees. Due to concrete, the temperature in the city increases at an abnormally rate in summer. In addition to fruits and flowers, there are various types of birds and animals in the green areas.
Plants and other animals need to exist alongside humans for the naturalness of the ecosystem. The less greenery there is, the more negative the impact on our biodiversity will be.
Dhaka’s environment is in a terrible crisis due to dust
When cars are moving, the road is not visible. The surrounding area turns grey due to the dust. The faster the car goes, the more dust it throws up.
Added to this is the black smoke from unfit cars. Many people are holding their noses while walking on the pavement. Some are also wearing masks. A layer of dust has also accumulated on the trees in the median.
Al-Amin, a tea shop owner in Dhaka’s Titipara, said, “Renovation work has been going on for a long time on the busiest road. Cars are moving all the time. Most of the cars are again spewing black smoke.
It is difficult to breathe. I am somehow surviving by wearing a mask. There has been a decline in the number of customers. At one time, I felt like a stranger because of the dust.”
Pictures like those of Titipara and Kamalapur roads are now everywhere in the capital. Due to unplanned and uncoordinated road digging, roads in many areas have become unfit for people and vehicles.
The progress of the renovation work is frustratingly sluggish. As a result, dust and black smoke from vehicles are constantly mixing with Dhaka’s air. Air quality is being affected. And it has become a major threat to the health of city residents.
IQAir’s monitoring shows that Dhaka frequently ranks first or second in global air pollution. On 15th, February, a holiday, Dhaka was ranked as one of the most polluted cities in the world.
Dhaka’s air pollution is caused by black smoke from old vehicles, industrial emissions, open dumping of construction materials, methane from landfills, and dust from road pits. These pollutants are constantly mixing with Dhaka’s air, worsening the air quality.
However, no relevant organization has any reliable information on the amount of air pollution from which source.
There is no coordinated initiative by inter-agency organizations to protect Dhaka, which is facing a serious environmental crisis. Although the environment has been given importance at the state level, no effective initiatives have been taken.
The Ministry of Environment, RAJUK, the City Corporation, Dhaka WASA, and BRTA are working independently, without coordination.
As a result, immediately after one organization cuts and repairs the road, another organization rushes onto the road with shovels and shovels. Due to this, on the one hand, the state’s finances are being wasted; on the other hand, public suffering is increasing due to excavations throughout the year. Environmental pollution is also continuing unabated.
Sheikh Muhammad Mehedi Ahsan, General Secretary of the Bangladesh Institute of Planners, believes Dhaka is becoming less livable due to a decline in greenery, natural environments, and water bodies.
He said, air and water pollution are increasing due to a decline in trees. Due to concrete, the temperature in the city increases at an abnormally rate in summer. In addition to fruits and flowers, there are various types of birds and animals in the green areas.
Plants and other animals need to exist alongside humans for the naturalness of the ecosystem. The less greenery there is, the more negative the impact on our biodiversity will be.
