Welding shops in Sylhet
A number of welding and engineering workshops have been set up by the main streets of Sylhet city in an unplanned way. These workshops are a great health hazard and a source of sound pollution, but nobody seems to have any headache about them. Most of the workshops have no license but are still doing business without any problem, thanks to the indifference of the authorities concerned.
As most of them have set up their shops beside the main streets, they occupy parts of the streets and thus cause untold suffering to the pedestrians. They work till midnight, and people are disturbed when they are supposed to take rest. Furthermore, ultraviolet rays that are emitted by these shops are very much harmful to the eye.
Children are the main victims of the proliferation of welding shops. As they are unaware of the risk, they watch it with great interest. So parents should be extra careful about the hazard.
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