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VOL. 2, ISSUE 4 (2017)
Environmental pollution in durgapur-asansol industrial complex: Issues and Concerns
Authors
Dr. Uday Chatterjee
Abstract
The urbanization and the environmental problem are associated with each other. The rapid urbanization and industrial growth also affects an area with its unhygienic environmental condition the present study was designed, to find out the sources, and, to analyze the harmful effects, of environmental pollution on the human health. Polluted air adversely introduces the harmful effects on the health of human beings. When the concentration of the pollutants in the air becomes high from a certain level, the resultant effects may cause a degree of difficulties regarding human health specially the severe breathing problems leading to maximum as even the deaths may occur. Water pollution occurs when a body of water is adversely affected due to the addition of large amounts of materials to the water. Waterborne diseases caused by polluted drinking water are Typhoid, Amoebiasis, Giardiasis, Ascariasis, and Hookworm. Land pollution is the degradation of the Earth's land surface through misuse of the soil by poor agricultural practices, mineral exploitation, industrial waste dumping, and discriminate disposal of urban wastes. Noise from industry, traffic, homes and recreation can cause annoyance, disturb sleep and effects health. Thus, sound is a potential serious pollutant and threat to the environmental health. The present study was conducted in the Durgapur- Asansol industrial complex i.e. an industrial hub of West Bengal, India. There are many industries and in the surrounding of city that continuously adding smoke and harmful gases in the air that create problems for the human health and damage the natural environment as well.
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Pages:378-381
How to cite this article:
Dr. Uday Chatterjee "Environmental pollution in durgapur-asansol industrial complex: Issues and Concerns". International Journal of Academic Research and Development, Vol 2, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 378-381
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