Editorial
Landmark trees are an asset
Why cut them down?
Dhaka is fast acquiring a semi-barren condition due to senseless felling of trees, most of them with immense historical value in that they adorn the vicinity of olden architectures of Dhaka, for instance, Sir Salimullah Hall, for one. Disappearance of the greenery is a glaring instance of how fast we are destroying bounties of nature. No one bothers to plant trees in replacement.
Dhaka wore a green look not many years back, the people then treasured the trees and planted them by roadways and in parks. This added to the natural beauty and the coolness of the environment. The practice of cutting them down was almost unheard of or a rare scene. It takes ages to have green surroundings but perhaps one-fell stroke to destroy it.
Today Dhaka is almost devoid of tranquil shades under which a tired body would rest. The mindless onslaught on the wooded parts of the city has changed its landscape, creating a climatic disorder and contributing to global warming. With the loss of trees we have lost many lovely species of birds which chirped along its branches indicative of healthy biodiversity.
In their obsession to create space either for housing or commercial projects or to accommodate more vehicles, realtors, works ministry and the DCC are competing with each other to expand the road spaces any how.
In most countries, they plant and preserve the greeneries. They plan construction of buildings or roads and pavements giving top priority to save the trees and bushes, sadly; this not so in our case.
It's time the concerned authorities take into account the tree-cover under threat due to poorly planned schemes and save whatever is left of the lovely greenery of Dhaka. In fact, we ought to grow more trees in this historical city.
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