River fair beings at JU

Jahangirnagar Univer-sity geography and environment department and non-governmental organisation Disaster Forum launched three-day National River Fair 2011 at the university's Zahir Raihan Auditorium on Saturday.

JU vice-chancellor Shariff Enamul Kabir, Digester Forum director Gawher Nayeem Wahra and sculptor Ferdousi Priyobhasini inaugurated the fair.

The fair coordinator Shubash Chandra Das, also a geography department professor, said that they organised the fair with a view to building awareness of river conservation.

A total of 24 stalls were set up in the fair ground and teams from several other universities and organisations were taking part in the fair to exhibit and provide data on the rivers of the country.

Soruce : New Age

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