Before proceed please learn about Problem of Citizens and What should we do.
Our environment is built up by everything surrounding us including rivers, canals, hills, mountains and trees. The sound natural environment is the main basis of sustainable development and healthy life. When the activities of human beings destroy this normal situation of the environment, environmental mishap is created.
Causes of environmental mishap
Human beings grow surrounding the environment. Again, because of
human beings, environment is polluted all the time. For economic progress
through the industrial development men are building mills and factories by
cutting trees and thus deforesting the forests. As a result various ingredients
of the enviromenent such as soil, air, water are being polluted.
The mills and factories in the towns are built-up centering some
water bodies. The crude wastage of the mills and factories are thrown in the
water of drains. It mixes with the water of rivers and water is polluted.
Moreover, due to using fertilizer and pesticides on the land, water is
polluted. Due to pollution, now the Burigonga river of Dhaka is becoming dead.
The rivers Shitolokkha, Turag and Balu are proceeding to the same situation gradually.
Beyond Dhaka the situation of rivers is the same. The Karnaphuly river of
Chittagong is also faced with dangerous pollution. By the established cement
factories beside the Dholeshori river of Munshigonj the water, land and air are
getting poisonous due to pollution.
Another example of environmental destruction is that the
destruction of forests for the large scale use of wood for fuelling of brick
fields, cooking in the houses, construction of building and making furniture.
Besides, in the hilly areas the forests and tress are being destroyed for cultivating
zoom. It
has become risky for the natural environment. For sustaining the
ecological balance of a country 25 percent forest area of the total land area
of a country is needed. But the area of forest in our country has been reduced
to 6% from 20% of the total land area. The remaining portion is now at the
point of destruction.
Harmful Sides
Due to the reduction of forest, capturing water bodies and
pollution, the animals of the country are being reduced seriously. The local
variety of crops, fishes, trees etc. are facing the threat of destruction.
Under the pressure of environment campaign, government has forbidden the use of
polythene bags. But it is not being followed fully. In addition to that, as
packets of various goods the use of plastic is increasing gradually. As a
result, in towns even in villages the amount of plastic and organic
non-decomposable waste is increasing day by day. For the increase of it only -
for - one - time - useable elements, the clinical waste is increasing swiftly
and poisonous and radioactive ingredients are left in it. Without having
separate and proper recycling system, these wastes are being mixed with the
general waste and making the environment poisonous.
On the other hand, change of climate has become risky for the existence
of Bangladesh. Change of climate is attacking Bangladesh in various ways and
will continue to do the same. Among those the most notables are increase of
salinity due to sea level raising, strong velocity of the river, natural
calamity and epidemic/disease etc. Due to the dense population, such influences
of changing the climate increase the possibility of crores of people being
homeless and unemployed. This situation might make Bangladesh unstable on the
whole. It
also might be the cause of danger in the future not only for
neighbouring countries but also for the whole world. For that reason from the
long term perspective the change of climate has become the biggest challenge
for Bangladesh today. To face this challenge, all should be conscious
collectively.
Government and non-government effort to face the environmental
mishap
Really, for development of Bangladesh preservation of
environment is urgent. Due to over population, the number of people affected by
the environmental pollution has increased largely. Because of small area and
highly dense population these problems have taken a serious turn for
Bangladesh. To get rid of these terrible situations, the steps to be
taken are mentioned below:
• The mills and factories which have been built-up in an
unplanned way should be declared closed.
• Not to permit establishment of mills or factories in the
residential area.
• To identify the harmful industries that are absolutely
responsible for environment pollution and declare them closed.
• To take steps for teaching and training the labourers of the
industry.
• Not to throw the garbage everywhere.
• To increase forestation and in this respect all people should
be motivated.
• To take the social forestation programs on a large scale and
to strengthen the campaign of plantation.
• To control cutting of hills.
• To prohibit the use of polythene bags and implement laws in
this regard properly.
• To stop the use of plastic.
• To take effective steps to stop burning wood in the brick
fields.
• To make the people aware regarding health rules, so that they
may become conscious regarding the adverse influence of the environment.
• To stop the huge use of fertilizer and pesticide and to
motivate people to use the organic fertilizer.
• To motivate the people in campaign of preserving the
environment and to persuade to participate in that campaign.
• To form specialist teams for measurement of the harmful
ingredients, to take the required steps through them.
What we should do as the citizens
As citizens, we are responsible for preserving the environment.
We should not cut any tree illogically. In respect of environment preservation
we should plant trees in our yards and on the road sides. We should not throw
polythene bags into the drains. We should observe environmental rules. Being
organized we should make the people of the society conscious regarding bad
effects of environmental pollution.
Work: Write down the steps you will take to
keep the surrounding places of your residence and rivers, canals and heels free
from pollution and present the same in the class room.