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Protest rally

'Act fast to save Buriganga'

By Staff Correspondent
Representatives of different NGOs. a political leader and residents of the city's Postogola and Shyampur urged the gov-ernment yesterday to act fast to save the Buriganga from encroachment.
They condemned the encroachment on the lifeline of the capital.
POROSH. an NGO working for the conservation of environ-ment, organised the rally following a report published in the Daily Star on Tuesday that the Senakalyan Sangstha and others were filling up several acres in the Buriganga.
Following the rally, the protesters took out a procession carrying banners and walked up to the middle of the Buriganga Bridge.
The speakers at the rally said although the government has a policy and proper law to protect the river from encroachment. the laws are not being implemented.
They said (hey would soon organise bigger rallies and processions to save the river from dying.
Snamsui Huda of ADAB (Association of Development Agencies in Bangladesh) said (he struggle is not only for saving the river but the very existence of the people in the city
Mofidul Haque, a writer and poet, said all over the country’ rivers are becoming targets for construction and that the trend has to be stopped.
Nazrul Islam, a professor in a US university condemned the Senakalyan Sangstha and others for encroaching on the river.
Professor Muzaffar Ahmed said the river must be saved for the sake of development of the people.
Once the people cared about the fact that the rivers must be saved, but now people with business in mind are plundering public resources such as the river Buriganga. Muzaffar said.
Monzurul Ahsan Khan of the Communist Party of Bangladesh said it the Shita-lakhva and Buriganga rivers are destroyed In tills way. the entity of the country will be in jeopardy.
I t<|| you this movement must be carried forward more Intensively to secure our entity." he said.
POROSHs AMA Muhit said that many civilisations In (his part of the world have gone into the history books only because the rivers along the cities died
"We appeal to the govern ment to come forward to save the liver Buriganga to ensure a better environment, he said. Muhit said that POROSH would soon organise more rallies and protest processions as a pari ol the movement.
A large number ol local people also expressed their solidarity with the movement