City Desk :
The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR) on Sunday demanded the immediate removal of all structures, including dockyards, built on the banks of River Buriganga.
Mohammad Shahid Mia, president of the organisation and its general secretary Ashis Kumar Dey made the appeal in a statement to the Ministry of Shipping and Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA), reports UNB.
Citing the information published in the media, the statement of the civic organisation says that there are 27 dockyards (ship building and repair factories) in an area of about one and a half kilometers up to Telghat in Char Kaliganj on the bank between Shubhadhya Canal and Buriganga River in South Keraniganj Upazila.
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