Environmental Impacts of Industrial Pollution on Saharanpur City Area, Western Uttar Pradesh

摘要

The environmental scenario has been described in a substantial broad spectrum. The environmental health problem is being caused by industrial pollution essentially due to Star Paper Mill in Saharanpur city area at an alarming rate resulting into severe health hazards. The present paper deals with a discussion of the impacts of industrial pollution mainly by Star Paper Mill on the environmental picture of Saharanpur city, which is one of the most important city of western Uttar Pradesh, that is located at the nodal point of roads connecting to other important cities of the state. Saharanpur city area is usually affected by pulp and effluents of the Star Paper Mill that contain suspended solids, colour, foam, inorganic component, such as sodium carbonate and toxic chemicals mercaptans, mercury and inorganic sulphides. The effluents commonly comprising high BOD as well as COD contents with toxic inorganic and organic constituents, which usually discharge as untreated and considerably deteriorate quality of water system receiving such effluents of the Star Paper Mill. Moreover, the air quality that populace breathe, is being polluted due to industrial and automobile emission, by addition to the atmosphere suspended particulate matter (SPM), oxides of sulphur (SO_2) and nitrogen (NO_x), carbon monoxide (CO), photochemical oxidants and hydrocarbons (HC). These contaminants independently and/or collectively, have teratogenic and carcinogenic effects and frequently cause respiratory health problems.