City Desk :
Experts at a seminar underscored the need for ensuring proper management of industrial wastes to refrain all concerned from polluting waters of rivers, canals or ponds.
“The government has a plan to set up over 100 economic zones across the country in the coming years. If the waste management of industrial units of those economic zones is not properly ensured, it might lead to serious ecological imbalance,” Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) Director General Engineer Md Mahfuzur Rahman told a seminar on Thursday at BWDB conference room in the city.
He called for refining of chemicals and water to be used in industries and factories to prevent environmental pollution.
Bangladesh National Committee of ICID (BANCID) organized the seminar marking the World Water Day 2018.
Water Resources Ministry Acting Secretary Kabir Bin Anwar attended the seminar as the chief guest while Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) Managing Director Engineer Taqsem A Khan spoke it as the special guest.
Professor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Dr Md Abdur Matin, Bangladesh Water Partnership President Dr Khondaker Azharul Haq, Water Resources Planning Organization (WARPO) Director General Khondaker Khalequzzaman, Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) Executive Director Prof Dr M Monowar Hossain, Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) Executive Director Engineer Md Waji Ullah and Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) Joint Secretary Mihir Biswas addressed it, among others.
Experts at a seminar underscored the need for ensuring proper management of industrial wastes to refrain all concerned from polluting waters of rivers, canals or ponds.
“The government has a plan to set up over 100 economic zones across the country in the coming years. If the waste management of industrial units of those economic zones is not properly ensured, it might lead to serious ecological imbalance,” Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) Director General Engineer Md Mahfuzur Rahman told a seminar on Thursday at BWDB conference room in the city.
He called for refining of chemicals and water to be used in industries and factories to prevent environmental pollution.
Bangladesh National Committee of ICID (BANCID) organized the seminar marking the World Water Day 2018.
Water Resources Ministry Acting Secretary Kabir Bin Anwar attended the seminar as the chief guest while Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (DWASA) Managing Director Engineer Taqsem A Khan spoke it as the special guest.
Professor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) Dr Md Abdur Matin, Bangladesh Water Partnership President Dr Khondaker Azharul Haq, Water Resources Planning Organization (WARPO) Director General Khondaker Khalequzzaman, Institute of Water Modelling (IWM) Executive Director Prof Dr M Monowar Hossain, Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) Executive Director Engineer Md Waji Ullah and Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) Joint Secretary Mihir Biswas addressed it, among others.
