Anti pollution rules on vehicle
emissions
Increasing
respiratory problems especially among children tells the horror story of the
environment of the urban city that is turning toxic & poisonous due to
emissions of the vehicles. This is compelling the people to breath in the toxic
gases reluctantly. The most affected & victim class of this pollution are
the children as well the embryo in the womb of the mother who have not
completed the tri semester of the pregnancy.
The situation of poisonous environment
is undoubtedly life threatening which is spoiling the adulthood of the
children. Before attaining the age of adulthood most of the children start
complaining of the coughing, sneezing or wheezing. Even the children get shorts
of the breath due to respiratory problems developed on account of the poor
functioning of the lungs. In several cases, children may die young.
The smokestacks of industries
& the exhausts of the vehicles is polluting the breathing air which is
having the devastating effect on the body & mind of the people. A survey of
Delhi reveals that 20000 school children found that one in every eight had asthma.
Besides this most of the people have had dangerously high level of lead in
their blood from air polluted by motor vehicles. In rural areas the cooking is
generally done while using the cow dung & other materials which releases
the smokes & make the home itself the death trap for the little children
who remains around the hearth. Statistic reveals that the asthma, pneumonia
& respiratory infection usually caused by the toxic air. It is amazing
& horrifying facts that most of the children do not see their fifth
birthday as they succumbed to the illnesses linked to the air pollution. Here I
would like to mention that the most affected class are the children who have
shorter tracheas than the adult people. So the pollutants emitted by the
vehicles or the industries easily invade & start damaging the function of
lungs badly. Likewise whenever the children take the sport activities they take
more air 20 to 50 percent than the average adult. So they inhale the pollutant
available in the atmosphere more than others. Tiny & little children whose
noses are very small & works for filtering the air inhaled by them, usually
gets blocked & swollen with the pollutants. As a result of which they have
to inhale the breath from their mouth. Since the mouth does not work as the
filtering of the air inhaled by the persons So the pollutant got through the
mouth directly hit the lungs & make the children badly suffers.
We can
imagine the the pollution rising up with the increasing of the vehicles every
year. There are almost 20 lacs of cars & jeeps in the country which is
going up day by day. Nobody is worried about the problem of environment;
neither the govt. is serious for introducing the strict system of check &
balances of neither the environment nor the public is aware about the health
hazards of this killer atmosphere that is engulfing the especially younger
generation.
Under these circumstances, it is
need of the hour that National Govt should come forward to impose & enforce
the strict anti pollution rules on industries & vehicles emissions. This depends
upon the political will if the Govt. really wants to reduce the acceptable
level of sulphur fuels. I hope that the children health will be improved if the
certain restrictive measures will go into effect. Govt. should strive hard to
establish the standard quality level of air that meets the US environmental protection
agency & WHO standards. For maintaining this standard Govt is expected to plan
the regular check up of the control pollution equipment of the industries as
well as the emissions of the vehicles. Govt. should restrict the number of cars
on road by auctioning the rights to own a vehicle.
Drastic measures are needed to be
taken in time otherwise life expectancy
would be in peril for which society will have to pay the price to protect the
health from environmental dangers.
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