Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury and heads of the parliamentary standing committees on the Ministries of Land, Water Resources and Environment said they have already taken initiatives to evict land grabbers on the rivers and find ways to check dumping industrial wastes into the rivers around the capital.

Dhaka's lifeline Buriganga River has almost died of pollution and encroachment during the last 20 years, he said, adding that it is an unbearable experience to see the rivers dying.