Save Buriganga River
Photo: MUNIR UZ ZAMAN / DRIKNEWS
Once the mighty Buriganga river, primarily known as the dominant lifeline of Dhaka city for channelling trade and commerce with other districts, has lost its entire splendour due to lack of proper river management by the government. Taking advantage of this lapse, a sizeable portion of the river has already been grabbed and filled up by a section of greedy real estate developers. Industries that sprang up on both sides of the river, has virtually turned the river into a waste water body devouring millions of gallons of untreated effluents everyday. Of them Hazaribagh Tanneries are the worst polluters. We want that government must take stringent measures to reclaim its lost areas and get rid of the unauthorized structures and order the industries to set up effluent treatment plants immediately or face the eviction.
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