Actions relating to rivers
Friday, 26 November 2010
PRACTICES in the past showed that the dredged silts were just left in large heaps on the rivers' banks to be washed back into the rivers. This is unacceptable nonsense and sheer waste. Therefore, in the upcoming dredging activities, planning must ensure the proper disposal of the silt. The same can be carried away and deposited to form new shoals or elevate existing ones or used for embankment building. A lot can be also spread on arable lands to enhance fertility.
The dredging of the rivers in and around Dhaka must coincide with actions to successfully persuade industries on river banks to build and operate effluent treatment plants (ETPs). This task will not be completed through dictates only. It will involve both keeping the pressure on for acquiring such facilities by a given date and also helping the industries to access funds at lower rates of interest to spend on the establishment of such plants.
All throughout the country but specially in Dhaka, the uprooting of the encroachers on the banks will have to be quickly followed by taking steps to absolutely prevent encroachments again. The lands freed from encroachers will have to be fenced off and guarded on a regular basis. Paved roads can be built on them along with other beautification measures such as creating parks and rolling fields of green that would also serve the purpose of recreation and help the environment. For the maintenance of the river banks on a sustainable basis, a separate body must be formed and the required number of personnel will have to be deployed for the purpose.
Ruhul Quddus
Sector 3
Uttara, Dhaka
The dredging of the rivers in and around Dhaka must coincide with actions to successfully persuade industries on river banks to build and operate effluent treatment plants (ETPs). This task will not be completed through dictates only. It will involve both keeping the pressure on for acquiring such facilities by a given date and also helping the industries to access funds at lower rates of interest to spend on the establishment of such plants.
All throughout the country but specially in Dhaka, the uprooting of the encroachers on the banks will have to be quickly followed by taking steps to absolutely prevent encroachments again. The lands freed from encroachers will have to be fenced off and guarded on a regular basis. Paved roads can be built on them along with other beautification measures such as creating parks and rolling fields of green that would also serve the purpose of recreation and help the environment. For the maintenance of the river banks on a sustainable basis, a separate body must be formed and the required number of personnel will have to be deployed for the purpose.
Ruhul Quddus
Sector 3
Uttara, Dhaka