Dredging of Kaliganga River demanded
Different social and cultural organisations brought out a procession and formed a human chain in the district town yesterday, demanding dredging of Kaliganga River.
They brought out the procession at around 10:00am and paraded the main streets of the town. Later, they formed the human chain in front of Manikganj Press Club at around 10:30am.
Hundreds of people including politicians, journalists, lawyers, students, teachers and NGO personalities joined the programmes.
President of Social Advanced Centre (SAC) Dipak Kumer Ghosh, president of Manikganj district unit of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Azaharul Islam, programme coordinator of Manikganj area of Bangladesh Research Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (BARCIK) Bimal Roy, CPB leader Arshed Ali Master and BARCIK official Nazrul Islam addressed the human chain programme.
They said the Kaliganga River was dying due to non-stop dumping of toxic waste by the industries near the river. The farmers face serious problem as they do not get water for farming because of siltation. They urged the authorities concerned to take an urgent decision in favour of dredging the river.
The organisations arranged the programmes to mark the World Environment Day.
The district administration and Environment office jointly brought out a colourful procession and held a discussion to observe the day.
The day was also observed in other districts yesterday demanding measures to maintain ecological balance, report our correspondents.
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