Question

A few residents in your locality, for business gains, have established small-scale industrial/commercial activities such as pathological labs and fabric dyeing centres without obtaining ‘No objection certificates’ from municipal authorities. Would you support these activities? Give any three reasons in support of your answer.

Answer 1

Without ‘No objection certificates’ from local authorities, I will not support these activities in my community. Waste water from fabric dyeing facilities and pathology labs frequently contains hazardous materials that could endanger the local population. In addition, the pathological labs produce hazardous wastes that include pathogenic germs along with disinfectants and other dangerous substances. Such wastes need to be handled and disposed of carefully. The fabric dyeing centres include a vast variety of dyes and other compounds which are hazardous to human, animal, and plant life. Water contamination results from the discharge of waste materials into the aquatic environment without proper treatment.