National Taskforce Meeting on Rivers
Tanners warned against absence
Legal action will be taken against tannery owners if they do not attend the next meeting with the national taskforce on rivers, expected to be held on the first week of January, said Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan.
The minister said this after the 15th meeting of the taskforce at the ministry in the city yesterday.
"We have taken decision to take legal action against those tannery owners, who will disobey our directives," said the minister.
Earlier on November 13, a sub-committee of the taskforce, held a meeting to chalk out a plan to replace the tanneries located surroundings the Buriganga river. But tannery owners did not attend the meeting, said an official of the ministry.
Shahjahan Khan also said that a five-kilometer long walkway surrounding the river Buriganga has already been completed and more 11-kilometre long walkway will be constructed.
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