How we can save the Sundarbans

After reading the report, "Disaster written in the wall," of The Daily Star. I am deeply concerned about the severely detrimental impact to the Sundarbans, to our nation and to our delicate planet if NTCP is successful in setting up the Rampal power plant.

My humble suggestion would be to address the root cause of the problem:

Firstly, we request or put massive pressure on the Indian government, Indian Environmental Agencies, and/or the Indian Prime Minister to prevent NTPC continuing with the power plant project, even at the expense of Bangladesh addressing any associated sunk costs of NTPC.

Secondly, we request the US government to put pressure on India to discontinue the Rampal project.

Thank you for bringing such a crucial environmental problem under the limelight.

Masood E. Azad

B.Sc. (Eng), M.Eng (Electrical), Dhanmondi