Police must be ordered to maintain a presence at or near these lagoons on a regular basis to watch over any further attempts to carry on fish breeding there

Marketing of fish bred in sewer lagoons

The sewer lagoons where fishes were bred and marketed with unsuspecting people consuming such fishes day after day, came across law enforcement actions  in 2006 for the first time since this practice started years ago. But  according to a recent press report, the fishes in  only four out of sixteen such lagoons were killed by poisoning them  at that time.  Unfortunately, this action was not followed up in the other lagoons. Thus, on the one hand this very dangerous threat of marketing health hazarding fishes from these sewer lagoons never came to a complete stop which should have been done long ago. The same report describes in details how the fishes  bred  in tanks filled with human excrement are, therefore, freely coming to the markets of Dhaka and the adjoining townships. Unknowingly,  people are buying  these fishes   putting their health to great risks. Thus, all such lagoons need to be put out of business permanently in the interest of public health.
     Even  if comprehensive destruction of the fishes in  all of these sewer lagoons is carried out now, there is no surety that the crime would not repeat. Any slack or lack of monitoring will lead to again fishes being bred there and sold in markets to infect people and create sicknesses. The evil ones who  tasted the profits of the crime will not give up their  doings easily . They will do so only if they are sufficiently discouraged and this should include a thorough investigation to find out who in the WASA facilitate the  crime, the fish traders who actually  are engaged in the breeding and the local people who assist them. All three categories of persons should be nabbed and charged without showing the least leniency for the deterrent value of the punishment.  
   Police must be ordered to maintain a presence at or near the lagoons on a regular basis to watch over any further attempts to carry on fish breeding there. And police should be also very strictly  asked to do their job incorruptibly  without the slightest compromise or slackening of vigil.
    It was learnt that local political elements also have a hand in encouraging and protecting the fish breeders . They,  too, must be identified and subjected to the rigorous process of the law. The  doing of the above would be the minimum needed  to prevent on a sustainable basis the passing on of  cooked but seriously health hazarding fishes on the plates of citizens.
   The High Court (HC) in a very recent order has directed the government to ensure that fish breeding in the sewer lagoons would be absolutely stopped. But people are keen to see how this directive would be enforced.

Police must be ordered to maintain a presence at or near these lagoons on a regular basis to watch over any further attempts to carry on fish breeding there

Marketing of fish bred in sewer lagoons

The sewer lagoons where fishes were bred and marketed with unsuspecting people consuming such fishes day after day, came across law enforcement actions in 2006 for the first time since this practice started years ago. But according to a recent press report, the fishes in only four out of sixteen such lagoons were killed by poisoning them at that time. Unfortunately, this action was not followed up in the other lagoons. Thus, on the one hand this very dangerous threat of marketing health hazarding fishes from these sewer lagoons never came to a complete stop which should have been done long ago. The same report describes in details how the fishes bred in tanks filled with human excrement are, therefore, freely coming to the markets of Dhaka and the adjoining townships. Unknowingly, people are buying these fishes putting their health to great risks. Thus, all such lagoons need to be put out of business permanently in the interest of public health. Even if comprehensive destruction of the fishes in all of these sewer lagoons is carried out now, there is no surety that the crime would not repeat. Any slack or lack of monitoring will lead to again fishes being bred there and sold in markets to infect people and create sicknesses. The evil ones who tasted the profits of the crime will not give up their doings easily . They will do so only if they are sufficiently discouraged and this should include a thorough investigation to find out who in the WASA facilitate the crime, the fish traders who actually are engaged in the breeding and the local people who assist them. All three categories of persons should be nabbed and charged without showing the least leniency for the deterrent value of the punishment. Police must be ordered to maintain a presence at or near the lagoons on a regular basis to watch over any further attempts to carry on fish breeding there. And police should be also very strictly asked to do their job incorruptibly without the slightest compromise or slackening of vigil. It was learnt that local political elements also have a hand in encouraging and protecting the fish breeders . They, too, must be identified and subjected to the rigorous process of the law. The doing of the above would be the minimum needed to prevent on a sustainable basis the passing on of cooked but seriously health hazarding fishes on the plates of citizens. The High Court (HC) in a very recent order has directed the government to ensure that fish breeding in the sewer lagoons would be absolutely stopped. But people are keen to see how this directive would be enforced.