POLLUTION DUE TO URBANISATION
BY - RITESH
Urbanisation has become a common feature in many societies. It has improved the standard Of life and increased future prospects. However, it has come with its own share of problems. One that is a cause for serious concern is pollution, which is associated with it.
The intensive process of urbanisation has sharply aggravated the problem of water supply to the towns. A considerable part of the population in the towns of the developing world, especially slum dwellers, use the rivers and reservoirs for their daily needs. In many countries of Asia and Africa, the rivers traditionally serve as a burial place. In the Ganga, about 40 thousand semi-burnt dead bodies of people and animals are cast in it every year.
The pollution of the environment including natural reservoirs is increasing sharply in the towns of the developing countries as a result of industrialisation. The industrial Undertakings often throw wastes into the reservoirs of the towns without appropriate Purification. Rapid industrialisation has also affected the quality of the air, especially in the major towns where the level of population has frequently surpassed the maximum international norms permissible. Investigation of the pollution of the air in Bombay (now Mumbai), Delhi and Kolkata, conducted in the '70s has shown that the concentration of dust here was twenty-five times higher than in the towns of western Europe.
Pollution of the air in the Town is increasing both as a result of the growth of industrial potential as well as the steadily increasing automobilisation. If this continues, then the day is not far , when there will be no fresh air to breathe.
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