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Urban Disaster Risk Assessment in Newly Located Tannery Based Industrial Areas in Bangladesh

ABM Nurullah
Department of Sociology, National Institute of Textile Engineering and Research (NITER), Bangladesh

Md Ziaur Rahman Zia
Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh

Sajedul Islam Khan
Department of Sociology, Bangladesh University, Bangladesh

Md Rafiuz Zaman
Department of Humanities, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh

Nazmul Huda
Department of Humanities, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Bangladesh

Md Al Amin
Department of Public Administration, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Tannery industry is the mentionable second-largest revenue sector in Bangladesh. The main purpose of the study is to assess the health and environmental risk generated from the production activities of the tannery industry. A newly formed leather industry city in the Hemayetpur area of Bangladesh have been selected for this study. We have followed the process of risk assessment along with key informant interviews (KII) and focused group discussions (FGD) among workers and administrative officials. The study retains that the workers are in a higher level of health risk and the industries are producing an unbearable environmental hazard in the area. The study suggests that a strong initiative should be taken by the government authority to monitor the tannery industry especially new areas to control environmental pollution and various kinds of health hazards.

Keywords: Disaster, Urban area, Tannery industry, Environmental pollution, Bangladesh

Location: Hemayetpur, Saver of Dhaka in Bangladesh

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Program Area: Risk Management in Agriculture

Non-commodity: Pollution

Objectives:

To assess the health and environmental risk generated from the production activities of the tannery industry.

Methodology:

The researcher team visited the leather industry city located in Hemayetpur, saver of Dhaka in Bangladesh. The site has been newly constructed for tannery industry. This site is located on the shore of the Dhaleshwri River. To acquire knowledge about the health risk of workers in tannery industry, Researcher team interviewed 52 workers from apex tannery and R.K tannery and interviewed two administrative officers from RK tannery. We also conducted two FGDs consisting 12 respondents in each from Apex tannery company and RK tannery company. Some important points were addressed to get the actual content of the survey. As following, five steps of Urban Community Risk Assessment conducted for addressing the research gap like a. Scoping the target area was done by formation of Ward DMC/Ward level working group/committee, consensus building with CC/Ward DM, facilitator team formation & training, distribution of Roles and Responsibilities and orientation, and primary and secondary data collection, b. Risk Assessment was done by transect walk and calendar, drawing Hazard Map /RRM, assessing Vulnerability, focused group discussion (FGD), household and institutional level vulnerability survey, mapping, validation of the data and information, and risk Statement and Identification of Risk Reduction options, c. Risk reduction action plan was done by developing risk reduction action plan, and vetting from the expert group, d. Vetting or impact analysis was done by using some parameters like political/social, technical/ financial, environmental and sustainability and e. Report writing was done after consensual analysis.

Source of Information: Ann Rev Resear 4(3): ARR.MS.ID.555640 (2018)

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Achievement/Findings:

The result of the study reveals that there are many types of health risk in the tannery industry. The workers are very much vulnerable to accident hazards, physical hazards, chemical hazards, biological hazards who work in the tannery industries. These industries are producing environmental risks. Wastewater logging in the internal roads with unbearable malodor is the salient feature of the area. As there is no effluent treatment plant centrally or individually non-treated effluents are being discharged into Dhawleshari River every day. As a result, the water is being polluted and the biodiversity of the area become hampered. The study suggests that a strong initiative should be taken by the government authority to monitor the tannery industry especially new areas to control environmental pollution and various kinds of health hazards.

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