Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Chittagong
Teachers and students of Chittagong University on Sunday demanded declaration of the country’s lone natural fish breeding sanctuary, Halda River, as the national river of Bangladesh.
The demand came at a discussion meeting organised by ‘Riverine People’, a voluntary organisation, in observance of ‘World River Day’ at the Conference Room of CU Central Student Union building.
Speaking on the occasion, Monjurul Kibraia, a researcher on Halda River and an associate professor of Zoology Department of CU, said in spite of being a riveine country, Bangladesh did not have any national river, which was a misfortune for us.
‘Only the Halda is our own river and it is the largest breeding sanctuary of the carp fishes in the South Asia; that is why Halda should be declared as our national river’, he added.
He said, ‘We have national fruit, tree, bird, animal and flower but don’t have any national river though ours is a riverine country.’
The speakers also called for raising awareness among the people of stopping pollution of Halda.
Rana Abbas, CU chapter president of the organisation, conducted the programme while students from different departments of CU took part in the open discussion.
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