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Polluters must pay
From The Daily Star Seminar seeks integrated approach for river drive The government must make the polluters pay for cleaning up the river Buriganga and undertake an integrated and scientific approach to this end, demanded leading environmental activists and experts … Continue reading
Posted in The Buriganga River, conservation, dredging, encroachment, governance, health, heritage, land grabbing, pollution, rivers, sanitation, waterways
Tagged 'Buriganga Clean-up: Approaches and Realities', Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon, BIWTA, chromium, Hazaribagh tanneries, Jatiya Press Club, landgrabbing, seminar, tanneries, tannery, The Balu River, The Shitalakkhya River, The Turag River
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Pollution warnings fall on deaf ears
By Pinaki Roy in The Daily Star Despite making repeated pledges, many of the industries, especially those of fabrics, dyeing and tannery, continue polluting rivers, canals and other wetlands in the city just to boost their profit, say Department of … Continue reading
Posted in The Buriganga River, conservation, fish, fresh water, governance, health, livelihoods, pollution, rivers, technology, water, waterways
Tagged Department of Environment, dyeing, effluent treatment plant, fabric dyeing industries, tannery, The Balu River, The Bangshai River, The Shitalakhya River, The Turag River
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Colours of water: Bangladesh’s leather tanneries
by Daniel Lanteigne on OurWorld2 Fuelled by a growing international appetite for leather, the industry represents a sizeable chunk of Bangladesh’s yearly export revenues — $284 million in 2007-08. There are about 200 leather tanneries in the Hazaribagh district of … Continue reading
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Tagged Biodiversity, buriganga river, ecosystem, Hazaribagh, leather, pollution, tannery, tanning, toxic waste
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