Resolve problems of Old Dhaka
Environmental activists, development workers, cultural activists and social workers at a rally yesterday demanded effective initiatives to resolve the yearlong environmental and citizens' crises facing the city's Old Dhaka area.
The demands came from an “environment mass rally” organised by Save Environment Movement at Balurghat of Amligola in the city's Lalbagh area.
Discussants said environmental degradation in Old Dhaka has reached a severe stage and grievance developed among the area's residents due to years of negligence by the authorities concerned.
Their demands, among others, include permanent solution of water logging; protection of playgrounds, ponds, parks and all archeological structures; and freeing Lalbagh Fort from illegal grabbing.
They also demanded developing good communication infrastructures; eviction of illegal structures in Buriganga; and withdrawal of combustible chemical warehouses from the area.
Lawmaker Dr Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin; Save Environment Movement Chairman Abu Naser Khan; Prof Anu Muhammad; Jatiya Samajtantric Dal President Hasanul Haque Inu; and Workers' Party President Rashed Khan Menon were also present.
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