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Water pollution most challenging environmental issue
DIRECTOR OF Institute of Technology in Banaras Hindu University Prof SN Upadhyay said here on Friday that environment was a boon in disguise and each and every person of the society should be made aware of the importance of environment conservation.
DIRECTOR OF Institute of Technology in Banaras Hindu University Prof SN Upadhyay said here on Friday that environment was a boon in disguise and each and every person of the society should be made aware of the importance of environment conservation.
He was addressing the inaugural function of the three-day 22nd ‘National Convention on Environmental Engineering with Special Emphasis on Cost Recovery and Pricing of Services’ at Swatantrata Bhawan in BHU here on Friday.
Civil Engineering Department of IT-BHU has organised the convention in collaboration with Institution of Public Health Engineers (India).
Prof Upadhyay said that growing consumerism, an unprecedented increase in population, lack of awareness towards environment conservation, increasing industrial and agricultural activities etc were the main reasons responsible for the poor environment scenario across the world. He said that water contamination was the most challenging environmental issue for crores of people across the world.
“Although there is plenty of water on the earth, drinking water is in a limited amount”, he said, adding there was 6.6 per cent ground water while rivers, ponds, lakes and other such sources had .03 per cent of total water on the earth. He further expressed concern over increasing pollution in rivers such as Ganga, Yamuna and Gomti etc and arsenic contamination in ground water.
Prof Upadhyay suggested that the government levy some kind of water cess or tax on waste domestic water for recycling the same waste water for use. He said that at the same time, the government should encourage pollution control measures.
Dean of Engineering and Technology Faculty in IT, Prof JN Sinha presided over the function and said that there must be environment awareness in every person. Vice-president of Institution of Public Health Engineers (India), engineer BK Sengupta expressed concern over arsenic contamination of water in different parts of the country.
Executive Engineer of Housing and Urban Development Corporation of India Malay Chatterjee was guest of honour on the occasion.
Head of Civil Engineering Department Prof RK Agrawal delivered the welcome address while convener of the convention Prof G Banerjee established the theme of the convention. Dr Brind Kumar conducted the programme while Dr Devendra Mohan proposed the vote of thanks.
