SDG 3: Good Health and Well-Being – Framing Targets to Maximise Co-Benefits for Forests and People

McFarlane, Rosemary; Barry, John; Cissé, Guéladio; Gislason, Maya; Gruca, Marta; Higgs, Kerryn; Horwitz, Pierre; Nguyen, Giang Huu; O’Sullivan, Jane; Sahu, Subhashis; Butler, Colin D.

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“…Some major concerns for achieving sustainability determined in the literatures are conservation of forests, preventing desertification, land degradation, and biodiversity loss, increasing attention to air quality, municipal and other waste management, minimizing the adverse environmental consequences of cities per capita, protecting public health and wellbeing against hazardous chemical release in the air, water, and soil, have received special attention. These concerns have been fortified through Sustainable Development Goals 3, 15 and 11 [1][2][3].…”

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Environmental Stress and Health Vulnerability Assessment around Kolaghat Thermal Power Plant, West Bengal

Chatterjee

Rai

Hazra

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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One of the 17 types of severely polluting sectors in the nation is thermal power plants which exert pressure upon the environment and health aspects in several ways e.g. creating thermal, air, and water pollution, exacerbating physiological acute and chronic responses, and affecting the subjective wellbeing of an individual residing proximal to the source. Situated on the right bank of the Rupnarayan river, Kolaghat thermal power plant is one of the major power generating plants of West Bengal, which is also producing 7500-8000 metric tons of fly ash every day but having only 325 acres of land for its disposal. Hence the plant has been exerting pressure upon the surrounding environment since its establishment and growth between 1980-1985. This study is to evaluate the overall impact of thermal power plants on the local environment and public health using a composite index that incorporates environmental and health dimensions i.e. Air quality index, drinking water quality index, land surface temperature, social parameters, Non–communicable disease rate, etc. The study reveals the local-level impact of air pollution and the impact of fly ash emissions. Nandakumar, Tamluk, and Kolaghat have been identified as blocks under stress. The workers of the plant have reported undesirable thermal and ambient air quality conditions within the battery limit, with the prevalence of skin problems, allergies, and fatigue among them. Site-specific plantation and phytoremediation techniques with the use of riparian buffers have been recommended.

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