Once a thriving aquatic ecosystem, the Sutang river in Habiganj has now transformed into a toxic waterway due to indiscriminate industrial pollution from nearby factories.
The Rampal power plant began operation in late 2022 without an effluent treatment plant and has since been discharging untreated waste into the Pasur and Maidara rivers next to the Sundarbans.
The present leadership must prioritise the development of these two assets of Bangladesh for a sustainable and prosperous future.
Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan has issued a stern warning against the pollution of rivers by businesses.
Each day of inaction translates to more lives lost
Save the Shitalakkhya River from extreme pollution
The intense degradation of its water quality has long been detrimental to the environment and the river ecosystem.
Pabna district administration in breach of jalmahal policy and High Court orders
Government must take steps to restore our rivers
Our rivers are being attacked one after another. India's dams, river connectivity plans, and various projects undertaken within the country, encroachment and pollution are all taking our rivers closer to extinction.
Better water management can nourish people's lives
The authorities must take action now
According to a new study, at least 56 rivers flowing through different parts of the country are suffering from extreme pollution during the lean period -- when natural flows of rivers are at their lowest
State minister’s words must be followed by proper action
As if in vengeance we have been ferociously and relentlessly destroying our rivers in, what can only be termed as, a suicidal streak.
Government must take urgent steps to reduce plastic pollution
It is a tragic irony that riverine Bangladesh has become the land of dying rivers.
Ensuring accountability of government agencies in-charge of conserving rivers, empowering National River Conservation Commission (NRCC), enhancing the institutional capacity, and executing concerned laws with political commitment are some of the essential factors to save the country’s rivers, speakers in a roundtable discussion have said.
High Court has directed owners of seven factories for setting up separate effluent treatment plants (ETPs) in order to stop dumping their wastes into the Buriganga river and to save it from pollution.
