The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority on Wednesday conducted a drive to demolish illegal establishments in three kilometre areas along the River Buriganga. The seven-hour drive started from Zinjira ferry terminal opposite the Sadarghat launch terminal and ended to Buriganga Telghat.
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Cleaning up of Buriganga proves futile
All steps to revive the Buriganga river from persistent pollution have turned into a fiasco, as dumping of garbage and untreated industrial effluents into the river is going on unhindered. People living on the banks of the river continue to dump garbage into the Buriganga, even though the government has already spent Tk. 16.53 crore ... Read more
Waste dumping continues to pollute Buriganga
The government spent Tk 16.9313 crore to remove polythene and other wastes from the rivers Buriganga and Turag while the two rivers continue to be polluted through uninterrupted disposal of liquid and solid wastes into them. The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority was the
Greens call to protect Buriganga, other rivers
Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan on Wednesday called on the people to protect the River Buriganga from pollution and make the capital city livable. BAPA made the call at a workshop on ‘Buriganga River and Our Life’ on the premises of Basila High School in cooperation with Buriganga Riverkeeper.
Monsoon brings life to Buriganga
Fishermen reappear as river swells with rainwater It is monsoon and the fishermen of Basila are all smiles. After nine months, they are back in business, fishing in the rain-fed Buriganga. But the joy of fishing will soon be gone for Ratan Rajbangshi, who was born and raised in a fisherman’s family. And that will ... Read more
Buriganga in its death throes
Waste continues to be dumped into the River Buriganga despite a June 2011 High Court order which prohibited the dumping of waste in the river or on its banks as well as ordering the sealing of sewerage outlets and industrial wastes lines within a year. The High Court directed the chairman of Dhaka Water Supply ... Read more
Buriganga in peril
Faulty demarcation flouting HC order creates scope for grabbing the river’s foreshore The government itself now seems poised to make the Buriganga a leaner stream by squeezing its shorelines in violation of a High Court order. Earlier, in April last year, the Turag river suffered a similar fate as Gazipur district administration demarcated it by ... Read more
Fresh water for Buriganga
Project underway to get Jamuna water into the highly polluted river during lean period The government has finally started dredging the Turag river in efforts to bring fresh water to the highly-polluted Buriganga river. The dredging is part of the government’s Tk 945-crore project to connect the Buriganga with the Jamuna river through Turag-Bangshi-Pungli and ... Read more
Rajuk, DCC among grabbers
River taskforce to seek PM’s help Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) and Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) have been filling up portions of Baunia and Ramchandrapur canals to build roads in another instance of violation of environmental laws by government agencies. The river taskforce yesterday expressed concern over the filling up of the two canals and decided ... Read more
Consumers subjected to ‘serious health risks’
Millions of residents in Old Town of Dhaka are exposed to serious health risks such as cancer through the water supplied to them by the Water Supply and Sewerage Authority, according to experts. The water used by many living in Old Town comes from the River Buriganga and is treated at the Chandnighat Water Treatment ... Read more