Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on September 6directed all concerned to play their due roles in ensuring pollution-free rivers and a clean, liveable environment for future generations.
"Alongside ourselves, we must strive to leave pollution-free rivers and a liveable environment for the next generation. We cannot simply wait for government directives; we must also act out of our own sense of responsibility," he said.
The Prime Minister was speaking at a review meeting at Bangladesh Secretariat on pollution control, waste removal, conservation and management of rivers around Dhaka, ensuring navigability and developing the circular waterways.
Prime Minister's Assistant Press Secretary Gazi Shahriar Pamir told reporters that the meeting reviewed measures to control pollution and remove waste from the Buriganga, Turag, Dhaleshwari, Balu and Shitalakkhya rivers and their adjoining canals and drains, ensure navigability and normal water flow, and improve the existing circular waterways around Dhaka.
The Prime Minister directed the authorities to take effective steps to swiftly implement the plans adopted so far, stressing proper coordination among the concerned ministries, divisions and agencies to advance the activities.
