Save Bangshi River From Industrial Pollution

  • US$0.00
    raised of $600.00 goal goal
0% Funded
0 Donors
Help this ongoing fundraising campaign by making a donation and spreading the word.
Show more
Show less

Bangshi River (also spelt Bansi) (Bengali: বংশী নদী) is an important river in central Bangladesh. It originates in Jamalpur, from the course of the old Brahmaputra and flows past the Madhupur tract. It flows through Tangail and meets the Tongi in Ghazipur. It passes near Jatiyo Smriti Soudho in Savar and falls into the Dhaleshwari. 238 km in length, it is not navigable for most of the year except when swelled by the rains of the Monsoon.

The Bangshi River is not an isolated river because many otherrivers are connected with the Bangshi and influence its flow.It is hydrologically connected with Buriganga, Dhaleswari, Kaliganga,Karnatali, Lauhajang, Tongi Khal and Turag. The Turag-Bangshi Rivermaking all the low areas becomes a connected sheet of water in themonsoon.At present, industrialization can be observed almost all over Dhaka. Theindustries are situated near the rivers surrounding the Dhaka city. Most ofthe industries and factories of DEPZ are situated on the banks of theBangshi or very close to the river system. The Bangshi is one of the polluted rivers. The industries mainly textiles andgarments-cum dyeing factories mushroomed in this area without setting upwaste treatment units during the past decade. The sewage of the Savarupazila is also thrown in the Bangshi river.

Close to river system:

Ceramic industry, beverage industry, press and publication, garmentsindustry, foot ware, jute mills, textile mills, printing and dying factory,transformer industry, automobile industry, biscuit and bread factory,pharmaceutical industry, soap factory, brick field, cold storage, welding,plant nursery, etc. Bangladesh Export Processing Zone is located in thisupazilla. The Cottage industry includes 8 Weaving, 100 goldsmith and 29others workshops. The main exports are Jackfruit, papaya, flower, sapling,dairy products, meat, transformer, fabrics, dye, medicine, readymadegarments, electronics and electric goods, shoe, brick, sweetmeat etc.Fig: Satellite image of DEPZ area There are approximate 80% are textile dying industries dispose their wastewater in Dhalai Beel that connected with Bonshi River. Textile dyingindustries discharge huge amount of effluents, sewage sludge, and solidwaste materials directly into the surrounding area.

Heavy metal, odor, color, chlorides, sulphates, various dyeing chemical,acids, various hazardous wastes contribute to the pollution of the river.


Why Need Donation:

About awareness project of the river pollution need huge awareness from the root level to high official and in this scenario our opposition will be the industrial management who are really powerful; that why we need the common people to said about it and they try to push the issue on our governments to do something and we are try to do it with this fund about gather people who are talk about it.

Organizer

I'm A Journalist and Work on Crime Reporting and Environmental Issue

I'm A Journalist and Work on Crime Reporting and Environmental Issue

Jun 09

Awareness Activities

Update posted by Kamrul Hassan at 06:13 pm

Awareness Activities not start, we try to collected fund for it and if we got something then we create a team who will work cloisely about this issue and then they decide how to move about the issu and next step of activites

See update
0

Followers

1 followers
Yasa Ga
US$0.00
raised of $600.00 goal
0% Funded
0 Donors

Help this ongoing fundraising campaign by making a donation and spreading the word.

Not Ready to Donate?

Did you know a 10 second Facebook share raises an average of $25?

Share on Facebook