Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md. Shahab Uddin said, measurement of air pollution in Dhaka has gone beyond tolerable stage. The meeting has been called to take measures how we can help people to get out of this air pollution.
He said these at the beginning of inter ministerial meeting on air and noise pollution in Dhaka at the environment ministry meeting room on Monday.
The minister said, there should be coordination while performing works by the utility services. Proper management has to be ensured for different project works like elevated express highway.
He said, the condition of air pollution in Dhaka City Corporation area is deteriorating day by day. While constructing building in the city it has to be ensured that water is splashed properly, construction materials are not placed here and there and all the construction materials are within the boundary.
He also said, according to a research published in March by Environment Directorate and World Bank on air pollution in Bangladesh, three major sources of air pollution in Bangladesh are- brick kiln, black smoke of automobiles and construction work. These three sources are increasing for the last eight years.
According to the Statistics Bureau survey, in 2013 the number of brick kiln in the country was 4 thousand 995. Later in 2018 in a survey of Environment Directorate it was seen that the number of brick kiln stood at 7 thousand 902. Of those 2 thousand 487 brick kilns were established within Dhaka division. According to that research, in 2010 the number of automobiles in the country was 3 lakh 69 thousand 677 which increased to 6 lakh 19 thousand 654 in 2018.
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