The untrammelled, excessive use of pesticides, which are applied by farmers to their croplands without following relevant instructions, is resulting in widespread pollution of ponds, canals and rivers. This has caused serious health hazards not only to humans but has also led to extinction of aquatic species. It is an ecological disaster waiting to happen,
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Tk 21cr goes down rivers
Buriganga-Turag Cleaning Project Tk 21cr goes down rivers Contamination remains as grave as ever due to failure in plugging pollution sources Pinaki Roy Though the government has already spent over Tk 21 crore on its much-hyped Buriganga-Turag River Cleaning Project, the rivers remain contaminated with toxic wastes, as the pollution sources could not be plugged. ... Read more
Ctg steel mill fined for air pollution
The Department of Environment (DoE) yesterday fined a steel mill in Chittagong Tk 10 lakh and suspended its environment clearance certificate for emitting toxic gas. A team led by Mohammad Munir Chowdhury, director of DoE (monitoring and enforcement, asked the authorities of Ehsan Steel Mills in Charpatharghata to install pollutant gas
Legal notices served on ministries, bodies
Bid to Save Dhanmondi Lake Legal notices served on ministries, bodies Bangladesh Environment Lawyers Association (Bela) yesterday served legal notices on two ministries and several other government offices demanding preservation of Dhanmondi Lake and keeping the environment of Dhanmondi residential areas free from pollutions. Bela served the notices on the mayor of Dhaka City Corporation ... Read more