Banani-Gulshan Lake
Thank you for your article published on your June 02, 2010 issue under the heading: "Serve notices on canal grabbers to remove structures - JS body asks Dhaka DC" with a photograph showing pollution of Gulshan-Banani Lake by shanty dwellers living along the shore of the lake on Banani side. Your photograph showing a vivid & ugly scene, just near the recently built bridge connecting Banani with Gulshan via Banani Road No.11 is well known to the residents of Banani -- particularly those having residence along the side of the lake.
I am quite certain your paper must have known where the rubbish/human waste of the shanties ultimately end up! The stench is unbearable & what goes through our mind about the guardian of the lake is unprintable.
However, the Warid Telecom, whose corporate office happens to be the first building on the lake on Kemal Ata Ave., where the rubbish finally accumulate, tries in vain to have the rubbish removed by employing people with boats to clear the lake & deposit the rubbish on the shore although the stench remains. And, by next morning, it is back to square one!
Once in a while, you are quite vocal about pollution etc. We are just ordinary citizens without any clout - political or otherwise. And, therefore, we urge you to not print photos only (99 out of 100 times - just photos do not work in our system). Come up strongly with an investigating report to save the lake.
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