CM Kajawl :
Green campaigners on Saturday urged the government to take effective measures to save the Sundarbans, which is protecting the people and coastal areas of the country from different natural disasters.
They also stressed the need for the restriction on different human activities in the Sundarban area having detrimental impact on the biggest mangrove forest of the world.
The Sundarbans is serving as a shield for the coastal areas and saving the country from various natural calamities, but a section of people are destroying it with different activities for their own interest, taking advantage of the indifferent attitude of the authorities, General Secretary of Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon Dr MA Matin said at a rally in front of Jatiya Press Club in the city.
Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon along with some other green organizations organised the rally with a call to protect the Sundarbans. They also brought out a procession that ended at Central Shaheed Minar to press their demands.
Dr Matin also emphasized on the relocation of Rampal coal-based power plant from the Sundarban area. “We are not against the power plant. But it should not be constructed in the Sundarban area. If the coal-based power plant is run in the Sundarban area it would endanger the flora and fauna of the forest,” he said.
He also demanded a ‘code of conduct’ for the use of resources of the Sundarbans.
The government should save the lands of Sundarbans from the clutches of land grabbers, Ruhin Hossain Prince, a member of National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Natural Resources, Power and Port, said.
The Sundarbans is the home of world famous Royal Bengal Tigers, but the number of those tigers is getting reduced everyday due to poachers’ illegal activities, he said. “Some people are
using poison to catch fishes and it harms the wildlife and ecology of the Sundarbans,” Prince said, “If the government does not take immediate action against such activities some day or the other, the Sundarbans will disappear.”
Dr Faridul Islam, President of the Save the Sundarbans Foundation, said the 60 percent area of the Sundarbans lies in Bangladesh, while its total area is 10,000 square kilometers. “The Indians are protecting their part of the forest, but we are showing indifferent attitude to it. We have to protect it for our own interest as it safeguarded us from many natural calamities like Sidr, Aila or Nargis in the past,” he said.
In order to protect it, government should immediately restrict the movements of water vessels thought the Sundarbans, he said, shrimp cultivation, land encroachments and mindless tree felling should also be stopped to save the Sundarbans.
Among others, Hirok Sarder, Mohammad Shahjahan Mridha and ABM Anisuzzaman also spoke at the rally.
Green campaigners on Saturday urged the government to take effective measures to save the Sundarbans, which is protecting the people and coastal areas of the country from different natural disasters.
They also stressed the need for the restriction on different human activities in the Sundarban area having detrimental impact on the biggest mangrove forest of the world.
The Sundarbans is serving as a shield for the coastal areas and saving the country from various natural calamities, but a section of people are destroying it with different activities for their own interest, taking advantage of the indifferent attitude of the authorities, General Secretary of Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon Dr MA Matin said at a rally in front of Jatiya Press Club in the city.
Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon along with some other green organizations organised the rally with a call to protect the Sundarbans. They also brought out a procession that ended at Central Shaheed Minar to press their demands.
Dr Matin also emphasized on the relocation of Rampal coal-based power plant from the Sundarban area. “We are not against the power plant. But it should not be constructed in the Sundarban area. If the coal-based power plant is run in the Sundarban area it would endanger the flora and fauna of the forest,” he said.
He also demanded a ‘code of conduct’ for the use of resources of the Sundarbans.
The government should save the lands of Sundarbans from the clutches of land grabbers, Ruhin Hossain Prince, a member of National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Natural Resources, Power and Port, said.
The Sundarbans is the home of world famous Royal Bengal Tigers, but the number of those tigers is getting reduced everyday due to poachers’ illegal activities, he said. “Some people are
using poison to catch fishes and it harms the wildlife and ecology of the Sundarbans,” Prince said, “If the government does not take immediate action against such activities some day or the other, the Sundarbans will disappear.”
Dr Faridul Islam, President of the Save the Sundarbans Foundation, said the 60 percent area of the Sundarbans lies in Bangladesh, while its total area is 10,000 square kilometers. “The Indians are protecting their part of the forest, but we are showing indifferent attitude to it. We have to protect it for our own interest as it safeguarded us from many natural calamities like Sidr, Aila or Nargis in the past,” he said.
In order to protect it, government should immediately restrict the movements of water vessels thought the Sundarbans, he said, shrimp cultivation, land encroachments and mindless tree felling should also be stopped to save the Sundarbans.
Among others, Hirok Sarder, Mohammad Shahjahan Mridha and ABM Anisuzzaman also spoke at the rally.
