Save Buriganga Part-2

About 12 million people lives in Dhaka and a large number of them depends on the Buriganga's water for drinking, fishing and carrying merchandise. The almighty Buriganga was the life line of this magnificent city Dhaka the capitol of Bangladesh. But the once mighty Buriganga is now the most polluted river in Bangladesh. According to Ainun Nishat a leading environmental expert "Much of the Buriganga has now gone, having fallen to insatiable land grabbers and industries dumping untreated effluents into the river." The World Bank said that the Buriganga receives 1.5 million cubic metres of waste water every day.

Because of that the water of Buriganga river has turned into something like black gel even rowing across the river is ow difficult for it's bad smell. Chemicals such as cadmium, chromium, and other elements such as mercury carried by the industrial waste are also creeping into the ground water posing a serious threat to public health.

"The pollutants have eaten up all oxygen in the Buriganga and we call it biologically dead. It is like a septic tank." that what Khwaja Mainnahtulla, a world bank specialist on environment and water management said about Buriganga. He also said "if the pollution is not controlled, we will face a serious health crisis in a year or two or at best three years."

So it is very very important for us to raise awareness to save Buriganga as quickly as we can. we dont have much time so we should try our utmost to save Buriganga.........................

Save Buriganga part-1

The Mega City Dhaka is situated on the bank of Buriganga river. It is the main river flowing beside Dhaka city. The average depth of this river is 39 ft and maximum depth is 93 ft. In distant past a course of the ganga river used to reach the Bay of Bengal through the dhaleshwari river. This course gradually shifted and ultimately lost its link with the main channel of the Ganga and renamed as Buriganga. This river is very important for Dhaka in many ways.It provides connection with the other parts of the country. But unfortunately for us that the Buriganga is threatened by pollution and possession. This wonderful river is no longer wonderful. This river is Dhaka's main outlet of sewerage waste. about 80% of Dhaka's sewerage is untreated here. A number of industries and tanneries also discharge their chemical wastes into Buriganga. These chamical and human wastes are polluting river water.The water of the river has turned into black.

In fact the river is almost dead now. Not a single living creature can be found in the river water. as a result the people who depends on this great river having all sorts of problems. Those who are using this polluted water are suffering from various kinds of disease. Some steps must be taken to save this river. In fact steps should be taken immediately otherwise this Dhaka city of ours which depends very much on Buriganga will face huge problems..................

The Historic 'Chawk' Mosque

The historic Chawk Mosque is located in Chawk Bazar area of old town. It is in the south of Dhaka. Most likely it was built during the rules of Mughals in the 17th century. May be it is the earliest dated Mosque in this country built on a high vaulted foundation. the mosque has been so much altered and extended today that it is hard to have an idea of it's original design. The northern wall of the mosque has been removed and original three domed roof has been demolished. A new roof similar to earlier one has been built.

The Chawk Mosque is a beautiful historical place of Dhaka. Over the main doorway of the mosque there is an inscription in Persian. It records the construction of the Mosque by Subadar Shaista Khan in 1676 AD. Those who loves to see the historical places are requested to pay a visit to this magnificent Mosque. It is one of gorgeous and probably the oldest mosque of Dhaka...............