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Air pollution in West Nawalparasi has increased excessively. A statistic has shown that the rate of air pollution has increased dramatically in the last one week only. People's lives have been affected by fires, forest fires and pollution from industries.
Burning eyes, respiratory problems in the elderly and colds have increased. Environmentalist Sudip Paudel said that air pollution has increased rapidly in the southern part of West Nawalparasi due to increasing industrialization and lack of attention to pollution control.
'Even though the recent pollution is more due to forest fires, the rate of air pollution is increasing in this district,' he said, 'If the pollution increases at this rate and if control measures are not taken, the air pollution situation like in Delhi in India may come.'
break According to the air test report conducted by Lumwini Agro Environment Pvt. Sunwal since March 23, the air pollution was 135 on the 24th, 149 on the 24th, 156 on the 25th, 159 on the 26th, 163 on the 27th, and 164 on the 28th. has reached . According to
experts, this is a dangerous situation. Up to 149 children, the elderly and patients are affected, while above 150, it affects people and animals of all age groups. On top of that, the weather has become hazy when the market area is dusty due to the dust of Butwal Narayangarh road widening.
Locals complain that the three levels of government are not interested in pollution control. Sunwal's Pradip Pathak says that due to the trend of considering the work of paving roads, making drains and conducting training only as development, the essential environment of life is getting polluted.
The opening of industries is increasing in the Bhumhi road section from Bhairahawa to West Nawalparasi. As small industries from multinational companies are opening up, it is affecting the air pollution of the district .
Although there is a provision to submit a report to the government about the management of smoke, dust and chemical waste from industries and its condition, most of the industry operators have been ignoring it. Due to which the state is unaware of the state of environmental pollution.
The environment department and the provincial ministry have created environment protection regulations for industries to test their own pollution levels. However, its implementation is very low. It is mentioned on the website of the Environment Department that only 5 companies from West Nawalparasi district have submitted self-monitoring reports in one year.
According to Nirmal Chowdhury, Environment Inspector of the Ministry of Forests, Environment, Tourism and Drinking Water in the state, the industries have not fully followed the rules of self-monitoring. Recently, the federal government has made a rule to self-monitor and submit a report on the environmental situation within 6 months. But most industries have not submitted such a monitoring report.
