Brick :The Human Killer
Brick producing is that the fastest-growing industrial sector in several countries (like china, India, East Pakistan and Pakistan) and among the highest 3 sectors, at the side of vehicle exhaust and re suspended road dirt, adding to the air contamination and medical problems in Dacca (Bangladesh). Brick producing industry is creating negative impact on Air Quality, agriculture as brick is made from clay, forest(needs lots of wood to burn).
There
is no spot in Dhaka city where individuals can inhale clean air. About 33
million people die every year in the world due to air pollution. About 75 per
cent of these deaths are due to heart attacks and the remaining 25 per cent for
pulmonary diseases. Air pollution levels are highest in Asia. India is at the
top of the pollution chart, and Bangladesh has taken over the next position.
According to a report from the Health Effects Institute, there are 1,220,400
people dying in Bangladesh annually due to air pollution. Pollution, from the
brick kilns is spreading around Dhaka city. There are more than 4,500 brick
kilns around Dhaka. As a result, the air becomes full with pollutants.
According to the Department of Environment, brick kilns causes 58 per cent of
air pollution in Dhaka (2017).
There
are about 12,000 brick-making companies in Bangladesh. Most of the brick kilns
are working in the dry season when the amount of pollution is also high.
Generally, half a million ton of clay is required to make one million bricks
which come from the fertile soil or topsoil. The topsoil has all the
ingredients needed for the crop nourishment and it takes hundreds of years to
replenish. Although burning wood is legally prohibited yet wood, charcoal, fuel
oil and even used tires are burned in brick kilns. Again, to burn one million
bricks nearly 20 tons of coal is required. In our country, tree plantation is a
kind of social movement, but we are not getting any benefit due to huge burning
of woods from the forest. Burning wood and coal produce dust, carbon monoxide,
sulfur and nitrogen oxides which pollute the atmosphere. Due to dust and high
level of pollution, nearby trees get killed and vision of eye sights decrease.
It
has been unconcealed that biomass is accountable for the emission of each trace
and non trace gases like dioxide (CO2), gas (CH4) and oxides of N (NOx) from
ancient brick industries and plenty of noxious fumes containing suspended
particulate matters wealthy in carbon particles and high concentration of CO
and SOx get created.
If we search in the google, we will see top 20 of the most air
polluted cities are from ASIA specially from India, China,
Bangladesh & Pakistan. One of the Major source of this
pollution is "Brick Industry".