Since the Industrial revolution
began, our societal setup faces different situational arenas that lead us
towards the hight of advancements, it is said that, the era of industrialization
became the prior content towards the globalization where industries play their
vital role to enhance the economic burst all over the world, but with all these
industrial and technological acceleration, our society also gets environmental
sufferings that are the results of such rapid industrial blare.
Industrialization is the process that extensively uses resources to enhance
human productivity. Due to industrialization surplus increases both in
agriculture and in industry. The reasons behind this migration are the
facilities that are available in cities like better health, education,
transportation and better economic opportunities. According to the report “World
Urbanization Prospect” by United Nations in 2014, globally almost 54 % of the
world’s population living in urban area but it was 30 percent in 1950’s. Now the
global rural population is about 3.4 billion and it’s expected that by 2050 it
will decrease to 3.2 billion. The most urbanized region of the world includes
northern America 82%, Latin America 80% Caribbean 80% and Europe 73% but on the
other side Asia and Africa have 40% and 48% rural population respectively.
Although urbanization provide many facilities and opportunities to the people to
live better life but on the other side there are many problems that people are
facing like air and water pollution that are increasing day by day due to
industries that are located near residential and commercial areas. Industrial
area is difficult to live because of the health problems that are results from
industrial waste. Air pollution problems are generally associated with the
arrival of the industrial revolution.Over 3.5 million people die each year from
outdoor air pollution. Between 2005 and 2010, the death rate rose by 4%
worldwide. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that around 7 million
premature deaths resulted from air pollution in 2012. The air pollution can
cause Causes Cancer, Lung diseases, Cystic fibrosis and Cardiovascular disease
or etc.Consequences of industrialization in contemporary society is having its
long-lasting effect because of the extensive occupation of land that cause
multiple ecological effects on the lives of residents that are living alone
these industrial zones, It contaminates many sources of drinking water, releases
unwanted toxins into the air and reduces the quality of soil that are highly
devastating for living organs. Where Industrial goods are facilitating people
through manufacturing multiple useful products that make our lives easier, on
the other side these Industries are increasing our health issues through
spreading certain types of industrial pollution by having no enough pathway or
procedures to demolish there factory wastage. Pakistan is well known for its
industrial setup especially in textile, rice and sugar products, these goods are
exported in different parts of world like, central Asia, Middle east, Europe and
Africa. In Pakistan, Industrial setup is extended very rapidly that is playing
its part in the economic progress, along that process our industrial zones where
these goods are produced, are dissemination many environmental diseases that
affect the lives of residents at large scale. Cities where industries zones
exits with in the residential zones, like in Pakistan, cities like Faisalabad
and Karachi are facing intense environmental damages.
Certain Reasons that cause industrial pollution:
1. Having no strict policies for implementation towards industrial areas:
We are lacking the effective and permanent policies to overcome the ecological
damages of industries, there is no one to take strong drive against the certain
aspects of industrial pollution. The failure of proceeding industrial laws is
also one of the strong reasons of increasing industrial pollution in the
society.
2. Lack of proper Industrial planning:
It is the most fundamental unfortunate of our society that we perform any act
without having proper planning, same is the case with the industrial growth, we
do not have any set criteria to follow while construction of any factory, there
is no geographical, locational and infrastructural boundaries to follow for
running any industrial setup and these structural lacks leads to internal
ecological failure and polluted the environment with both air and water
pollution.
3. Due to usage of Antiquated machineries:
Some industries are still using archaic and obsolete machineries that is one of
the reasons that leads to environmrntal pollution, because such tired
technologies produce less goods and produce more material wastage, and to save
financial Expenses, factory owners use these traditional technologies and
increase the environmental dis-order.
4. Rapid increase in small scale industrial setups:
Due to globalization and to enhance economic needs, since last two decades the
ratio of small scale factories are rapidly increased the level of industrial
wastage, these small factories have no stricked criteria to follow that give
them a free way to act by implementing there will that cause very jeopardous
consequence on the society.
5. Having insufficient waste disposal system:
The biggest reason of increasing industrial pollution is the insufficient way to
dispose industrial waste, most the factories that are located along the
residential zones pass away the poisonous liquid in canals and rivers that
effect the nearer population that receive different diseases through different
direct and in-dirrect ways.