Illegal dredging, sand filling cause environment threat to rivers, low-lands
July 9, 2009
A number of real estate companies are involved in illegal dredging of rivers to extract sand and silt from Turag and other rivers in Ashulia through dredgers to fill in the low-lying areas on both sides of the river for their big housing projects.
Local people and experts allege that such mass extraction of river sand during monsoon is not only threatening the ecological balance Full Article on The Independent
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