Environment activists on Saturday urged the government to reconsider its plan to establish a thermal power plant near Sundarban as it would endanger its environment and biodiversity.
The projected plant would also damage a vast tract of adjacent arable land, they told a citizen rally in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka, said a press release.
The speakers said government has a plan to set up a 1,320MW coal-fired power plant near in the savannah of Sunderban while it was already damaged by the encroachers and natural calamities.
The proposed plant's construction work would pollute the mangrove forest's air and soil which would eventually damage its biodiversity by polluting trees, animals, fisheries, and insects, they added.
They urged the government to shift or scrap the plan and take an initiative of forestation of the area and follow the rules related to the country's environment and biodiversity.
Bangladesh Paribesh Andolan, Centre for Human Rights Movement, Krishi Jami Rakkha Committee and Save the Sundarban jointly organised the rally.
BAPA joint secretary Mohammad Shahjahan Mridha and member Abdul Hai Majumder, Centre for Human Rights Movement secretary general M Mujahidul Islam, Krishi Jami Rakkha Committee president Sushanta Kumar Das, Citizen Rights Movement secretary general Tushar Rehman and Sheba executive director Mohammad Nuruddin, among others, took part in the programme.
Source : New Age
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