Barisal Correspondent :
Participants at a human chain forming programme on Monday stressed on executing a coordinated water management policy for saving river and water bodies as life-line of Bangladesh.
The programmes was organised by ‘Alliance for Observing International Day of Action for Rivers ‘ to save the rivers from the demons of encroachments and pollutions’ on the western bank of Kirtankhola River.
It was presided over by Rafikul Islam, joint convener of the association and addressed among others by Ranjit Dutta, Lincon Bayen, Shuvankar Chakraborty, Dr. Habibur Rahman, human rights, environment saving activists. The speakers said since creation of Earth River makes the civilisations as well as green country like Bangladesh. Without river Bangladesh may be a desert.
But this life source of our existences not receiving proper honour and care in recent days. Different types of encroachments and pollutions by the greedy men dying rivers of Bangladesh every day, they told.
Natural flows of the rivers often obstacle by making dams at different points, changing flows of rivers in the name of different types of improvements like electricity production, flood controls, communication, irrigation etc., the participants noticed.
They calling for returning back to the rivers said Barisal town once called as ‘Venice of Bengal’ had nearly 600 pond and water bodies, more than 22 canals in pre-liberation and 40-60 feet wide 17 canals in post-liberation period in and around the city with water flows from Kirtonkhola River, which was more than 4 kilometer wide in 50 years back.
But rampant filling and encroachments of the water bodies including Kirtankhola River by greedy people has reduced the figure to only one Jail Khal canal, 9 dighis, less than 100 ponds and 20 other types of water bodies and width of Kirtonkhola River drastically reduced to less than one kilometer severely damaging aqua-lives and environment. They called all concerned to work together for zone-specific planning and water cooperation in Bangladesh context to ensure food and health security also, they pointed out.
Mentionable March 14 is the annual International Day of Action for Rivers. Thousands of people around the world lift their voices to celebrate the world’s rivers and those who struggle to protect them.
Participants at a human chain forming programme on Monday stressed on executing a coordinated water management policy for saving river and water bodies as life-line of Bangladesh.
The programmes was organised by ‘Alliance for Observing International Day of Action for Rivers ‘ to save the rivers from the demons of encroachments and pollutions’ on the western bank of Kirtankhola River.
It was presided over by Rafikul Islam, joint convener of the association and addressed among others by Ranjit Dutta, Lincon Bayen, Shuvankar Chakraborty, Dr. Habibur Rahman, human rights, environment saving activists. The speakers said since creation of Earth River makes the civilisations as well as green country like Bangladesh. Without river Bangladesh may be a desert.
But this life source of our existences not receiving proper honour and care in recent days. Different types of encroachments and pollutions by the greedy men dying rivers of Bangladesh every day, they told.
Natural flows of the rivers often obstacle by making dams at different points, changing flows of rivers in the name of different types of improvements like electricity production, flood controls, communication, irrigation etc., the participants noticed.
They calling for returning back to the rivers said Barisal town once called as ‘Venice of Bengal’ had nearly 600 pond and water bodies, more than 22 canals in pre-liberation and 40-60 feet wide 17 canals in post-liberation period in and around the city with water flows from Kirtonkhola River, which was more than 4 kilometer wide in 50 years back.
But rampant filling and encroachments of the water bodies including Kirtankhola River by greedy people has reduced the figure to only one Jail Khal canal, 9 dighis, less than 100 ponds and 20 other types of water bodies and width of Kirtonkhola River drastically reduced to less than one kilometer severely damaging aqua-lives and environment. They called all concerned to work together for zone-specific planning and water cooperation in Bangladesh context to ensure food and health security also, they pointed out.
Mentionable March 14 is the annual International Day of Action for Rivers. Thousands of people around the world lift their voices to celebrate the world’s rivers and those who struggle to protect them.
