Syeda Rizwana Hasan, advisor to the interim government's Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and the Ministry of Water Resources, said, "Industries will have to pay a price for using groundwater. This measure is being taken to control pollution of reservoirs and rivers and to force reuse of water used by industries."
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, the chief guest at the 'River and Wetlands Symposium 2025' event at the PTI auditorium in Gazipur city on Saturday evening, said this. The advisor also said, 'We will sign an agreement to de-encroach and de-pollute four rivers of Dhaka and give an action plan. Because, we cannot do these in our time. However, the restoration of the Turag River will start within our time.'
At the beginning of the program, chaired by Gazipur Deputy Commissioner Nafisa Arefin, Bangladesh River Foundation Chairman Muhammad Monir Hossain presented an article on rivers.
The speakers at the event said that several other small rivers and streams flow through Gazipur, including the old Brahmaputra, Shitalakshya, Banar, Chilai, Luandaha, Shaldah, Goyali, Turag, Banshi, Balu, Goallar, Paruli. There are also several freshwater reservoirs including the beautiful Bolai and Moksh Beel. Despite being devastated by encroachment and pollution, these rivers and reservoirs are still influencing the society and culture of not only their own districts but also the surrounding areas. Research has shown that the quality of water in this district is declining. In some places, the amount of dissolved oxygen in water is even going to zero. River pollution is entirely responsible for this. Today's event is very important to find a way to protect rivers and wetlands to overcome this situation.
Sixteen proposals were presented from the Rivers and Wetlands Symposium. Speakers called for effective action on them.
The event was attended by special guests including Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology Vice Chancellor Mohammad Joynal Abedin, Gazipur Development Authority Chairman Mohammad Abdul Mannan, Gazipur Metropolitan Police Additional Commissioner Mohammad Zahidul Hasan, Gazipur District Police Superintendent Chowdhury Md. Jaber Sadek, among others.
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