Environmental pollution
and water issue in Pakistan
Presentation by
Muhammasd Jawad Shahid
MBA 2nd semester
Introduction
Pollution?
Pollution is the introduction of
contaminants into an environment
that causes
instability
disorder
harm or discomfort
to the ecosystem i.e. physical
systems or living organisms .
Causes of pollution
The pollution comes from
two souses.
Natural source
Foreign source
Categories/types of
pollution.
Pollution is divided into following
categories.
Air pollution
Water pollution
Soil pollution
Noise pollution
Light pollution
Visual pollution
Pollution problem in Pakistan
Air pollution
Water pollution
Land pollution
Noise pollution
Vehicles exhaust fumes that
pollute the air.
Industries give out the harmful
gases(Sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide)
Water pollution
Causes of water pollution
Industrial water
Oil spill incident in sea
Leakage in pipe lines
Effect of water pollution
 Marine life in danger
 Respiratory diseases in people living near
sea.
land pollution
Causes of land pollution
No waste disposal system
Only 5% households have
access to a municipal
garbage collection system
People through garbage in
street
Noise pollution
What is noise pollution?
Causes on noise pollution.
Road way noise
Industrial noise
Air craft noise
Effect of noise pollution.
The blood pressure can
increase during exposure to the
noise
Adverse effect on the human
behavior
(Stress).
Solution to the pollution problem in
Pakistan
• Here are a few solution problem in Pakistan
Solution for air pollution.
Instead of using private car We should use public
transport.
There should be a greenbelt constructed in big
cities such as Karachi
We should unleaded petrol in our vehicles.
Most of the leading car manufacture should install
the catalyst converter in their vehicles.
Solution for water pollution.
The factory waste should be filter fist and then disposed
properly into sea or river.
Instead of using clean water we can use filtered industrial
water for flushing toilets, washing the car and watering the
plant.
The government should ask the citizens to proper clean the
beach once in year.
There should be fine in people who throw their waste in river
or sea.
The government should pass strict laws concerning this
issue.
We should cooperate with one an other to save marine life.
Solution for land pollution
Instead of throwing rubbish away we can give some of it for
recycle
We reuse polythene bags for caring things.
There should be land fill area where the rubbish can be
disposed off.
The government should place the garbage canes and bins.
All the shop keeper should use the paper bags in stead of
the polythene.
Water problem in Pakistan
Only 65% of population has access to safe drinking
water (85 % urban and 55% rural)
20000 rural settlements have no facilities at all
Source is mostly ground water except in some big cities
In saline g/water areas canal water is used for drinking
Limited availability inequity in water distribution and
system losses have reached alarming proportions
Sanitation facilities available to 42 % of population(65%
urban and 30%rural)
Questions