Narsingdi

Rivers losing navigability

The Rivers of Narsingdi have been faced with the threat of protecting their existence as most of them have lost flow of waters and navigability as well, reports BSS.
Once boats,launches and steamers used to ply in the rivers carrying goods and passengers from one district to another.
Now it has become a dream. Continuous dumping of garbage, waste of local industries and absence of dredging operation, the beds of the rivers filled with silt are rising up day by day. Besides, land grabbers are building unauthorized structures in the rivers occupying their beds continuously.
Once the mighty river old Brahmaputra at Sadar upazila, Haridhoa river at Sadar and Shibpur upazilas, Arialkha at Raipura and Belabo upazilas, Sitalakshya at Polash upazila were very busy.
Now, the rivers have lost their existence, movements of boats and launches have totally stopped in old Brahmaputra, Haridhoa and Arialkha. The rivers have also lost their fishing resources due to lack of water flow and continuous dumping of wastes of local factories.
Some 100 dyeing factories and textile industries set up on the river bank of Old Brahmaputra at Sadar upazila and Sitalakshya at Polash upazila are spilling untreated toxic and contaminated chemical into the rivers destroying its eco-system.
During a visit to the bank of the Sitalakshya at Ghorashal and Polash areas and Old Brahmaputra at Madhobdi area at Sadar Upazila on Monday and Tuesday, the BSS correspondent found that a number of dyeing, printing and textile industries and other factories have been built by grabbing the river and factories are discharging highly toxic water into it.
The large industrial establishment of the country Pran Industrial Park, Ghorashal Fertilizer factory, Polash fertilizer factory Desh Bondhu Sugar Mills, Seven Ring Cement, Gazi Cement, Bangladesh Jute Mills, Janata Jute Mills, Foji Jute Mills and Capital Paper Mills are also dumping factory waste and chemical mixed water in the Sitalakshya river.
Farmers of the areas alleged that their agricultural lands are being affected since the dyeing factories and industries are continuously spewing toxic industrial wastes into their crop fields and water bodies. They said the waters of the rivers have turned poisonous.
Locals alleged that although it is mandatory to set up an Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) in every factory before going into its operation as per the rules of the Department of Environment, most of the factories are not following the rules.

Narsingdi

Rivers losing navigability

The Rivers of Narsingdi have been faced with the threat of protecting their existence as most of them have lost flow of waters and navigability as well, reports BSS. Once boats,launches and steamers used to ply in the rivers carrying goods and passengers from one district to another. Now it has become a dream. Continuous dumping of garbage, waste of local industries and absence of dredging operation, the beds of the rivers filled with silt are rising up day by day. Besides, land grabbers are building unauthorized structures in the rivers occupying their beds continuously. Once the mighty river old Brahmaputra at Sadar upazila, Haridhoa river at Sadar and Shibpur upazilas, Arialkha at Raipura and Belabo upazilas, Sitalakshya at Polash upazila were very busy. Now, the rivers have lost their existence, movements of boats and launches have totally stopped in old Brahmaputra, Haridhoa and Arialkha. The rivers have also lost their fishing resources due to lack of water flow and continuous dumping of wastes of local factories. Some 100 dyeing factories and textile industries set up on the river bank of Old Brahmaputra at Sadar upazila and Sitalakshya at Polash upazila are spilling untreated toxic and contaminated chemical into the rivers destroying its eco-system. During a visit to the bank of the Sitalakshya at Ghorashal and Polash areas and Old Brahmaputra at Madhobdi area at Sadar Upazila on Monday and Tuesday, the BSS correspondent found that a number of dyeing, printing and textile industries and other factories have been built by grabbing the river and factories are discharging highly toxic water into it. The large industrial establishment of the country Pran Industrial Park, Ghorashal Fertilizer factory, Polash fertilizer factory Desh Bondhu Sugar Mills, Seven Ring Cement, Gazi Cement, Bangladesh Jute Mills, Janata Jute Mills, Foji Jute Mills and Capital Paper Mills are also dumping factory waste and chemical mixed water in the Sitalakshya river. Farmers of the areas alleged that their agricultural lands are being affected since the dyeing factories and industries are continuously spewing toxic industrial wastes into their crop fields and water bodies. They said the waters of the rivers have turned poisonous. Locals alleged that although it is mandatory to set up an Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) in every factory before going into its operation as per the rules of the Department of Environment, most of the factories are not following the rules.