ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS OF SLUM AREA: A CASE STUDY ON TEJGAON, DHAKA

Abstract

ABSTRACT The living status and environs problems of slum dwellers mirror the surrounding conditions of these people which can give a clear idea of separate region of an urban area. Although located within City Corporation, the slum’s facilities have limited access to the urban services. Present study was conducted in 2019 at the industrial area and railway station of Tejgaon under Dhaka district on 100 families for identifying their surrounding environmental issues, environmental pollution and homestead cultivation status. Personal interview using interview schedule through random selection was used to carry out the survey. Significant positive (p < 0.05) relation was observed on educational qualification, knowledge about environment, source of water, fuel use status and information about cultivation of the respondents showed positive significant relationship with environmental status. Fever is the most common health issue of the slum dwellers. Among the 100 respondents, 46 percent of them belong to the low income. Instead of having small homestead area, 76 percent of them cultivate some vegetables. 96 percent of the respondents were little conscious about their source of water and they collected their water from WASA. 81 percent of the respondents were low conscious in case of their household waste disposal status and they used community dust-bean mostly. On the other hand, 69 percent of the respondents were low concerned about their sanitation and they used mostly community latrine which was very unhygienic in condition.