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HSC Unit: 12; Lesson: 1; Water, Water Everywhere

Water, water, every where,

And all the boards did shrink;

Water, water, every where,

Nor any drop to drink

Coleridge’s poem, a ballad, narrates the harrowing sea-voyage of an old mariner who at one point of his journey didn’t have any water to drink because of a curse.

āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ, āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ, āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻ°

āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻœāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻœā§‡āĻ° āĻĄā§‡āĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ•āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻšā§āĻĒāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ˛

āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ, āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ, āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻ°

āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻāĻ• āĻĢā§‹āĻāĻŸāĻžāĻ“ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡

āĻ•āĻ˛āĻ°āĻŋāĻœ-āĻāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž, āĻāĻ•āĻœāĻ¨ āĻŦā§ƒāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻšāĻ°āĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻļāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻž āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ¯āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° (āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ°) āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ• āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻĒā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤

Cursed or not, we know how important drinking water is in our life. We know we cannot survive without it. In fact two-thirds of our body is made up of water. Not for nothing is it said that the other name of water is life.

āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻļāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻšā§‹āĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻšā§‹āĻ•, āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ•āĻ¤āĻŸāĻž āĻ—ā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§€āĻ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻšāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻļāĻ°ā§€āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§āĻ‡-āĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ¤ā§€ā§ŸāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻž āĻ…āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ• āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¯ā§‡, āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻ…āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨āĨ¤

Is there a crisis in our time with regard to access to clean drinking water? The United Nations in a meeting on the eve of the new millennium identified the drinking water problem as one of the challenges for the future.

āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° (āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨) āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ? āĻ¨āĻ¤ā§āĻ¨ āĻļāĻ¤āĻžāĻŦā§āĻĻā§€āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ˜ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ­āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ­āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ¯āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻā§āĻāĻ•āĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻšāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

But do we need to worry about the problem as ours is a land of rivers and we have plenty of rainfall? Besides, we have a sea in our backyard too.

āĻ¯ā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšā§āĻ° āĻŦā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ—ā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋ? āĻ¤āĻžāĻ›āĻžā§œāĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

One of the sources of water in our country are the rivers. Rivers are everywhere in our life, literature, economy and culture. But are the rivers in good shape? Unfortunately, they are not.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨, āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯, āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¨ā§€āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ“ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡? āĻĻā§‚āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻļāĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤

A few are already dead and several are going through the pangs of death. The river Buriganga is an example of a dying river. A report published in the Daily Sun describes what has happened to the river Buriganga and why.

āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ (āĻ¨āĻĻā§€) āĻ‡āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻŽāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ (āĻ¨āĻĻā§€) āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšāĻ° āĻ—ā§āĻŖāĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻŦā§ā§œāĻŋāĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻ¨āĻĻā§€ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ  āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖāĨ¤ āĻĻā§āĻ¯ āĻĄā§‡āĻ‡āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¨- āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•āĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻĻāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻŦā§ā§œāĻŋāĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ•ā§€ āĻ˜āĻŸā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨ (āĻāĻ‡ āĻĻā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž) āĻ¤āĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

It’s water is polluted and a perpetual stench fills the air around it. But that is not what it was like before. The report says that the river had a glorious past.

āĻāĻŸāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻā§‚āĻˇāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¸āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ­āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡-āĻ°āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ (āĻ†āĻœ) āĻ¤ā§‡āĻŽāĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ° āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ—ā§ŒāĻ°āĻŦāĻœā§āĻœā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§€āĻ¤ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

Once it was a tributary of the mighty Ganges and flowed into the Bay of Bengal through the river Dhaleshwari. Gradually, it lost its link with the Ganges and got the name Buriganga.

āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻž āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ā§€ āĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¨āĻĻā§€ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻļā§āĻŦāĻ°ā§€ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāĻ¸āĻžāĻ—āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‹āĨ¤ āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦā§Ÿā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¯ā§‹āĻ— āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛āĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦā§ā§œāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽ āĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤

The Mughals marveled at the tide level of the Buriganga and founded their capital Jahangirnagar on its banks in 1610. The river supplied drinking water and supported trade and commerce.

āĻŽā§‹āĻ—āĻ˛āĻ°āĻž āĻŦā§ā§œāĻŋāĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāĻ° āĻ­āĻ°āĻž āĻœā§‹ā§ŸāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ ā§§ā§Ŧā§§ā§Ļ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻāĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ¤ā§€āĻ°ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āĻ°āĻ¨āĻ—āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§€ āĻ—ā§œā§‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻš āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻ¸āĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāĻœā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ—āĻŽ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤āĨ¤

Jahangirnagar was renamed Dhaka which grew into a heavily populated city with a chronic shortag e of space. The city paid back the bounty of the river by sucking life out of it!

āĻĒā§āĻŖāĻ°āĻžā§Ÿ āĻœāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—ā§€āĻ°āĻ¨āĻ—āĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻ•āĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¤ā§€āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ•āĻŸ āĻ¸ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻœāĻ¨āĻŦāĻšā§āĻ˛ āĻ¨āĻ—āĻ°ā§€āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹āĨ¤ āĻāĻ° (āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻŸāĻŋāĻ°) āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§€āĻļāĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻļā§āĻˇā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻ—āĻ°ā§€āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻ‰āĻĻāĻžāĻ°āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤

According to newspaper report, the Buriganga is dying because of pollution. Huge quantities of toxic chemicals and wastes from mills and factories, hospitals and clinics and households and other establishments are dumped into the river every day.

āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿā§€, āĻĻā§‚āĻˇāĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻŦā§ā§œāĻŋāĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻŽāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻ˛āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨āĻž, āĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛-āĻ•ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ• āĻ“ āĻ—ā§ƒāĻš āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāĻ¨āĻž āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻšā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻžā§ŸāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ• āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ“ āĻ†āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻœāĻ¨āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤

The city of Dhaka discharges about 4500 tons of solid waste every day and most of it is directly released into the Buriganga. According to the Department of the Environment (DOE), 20,000 tons of tannery waste, including some highly toxic materials, are released into the river every day.

āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ¨āĻ—āĻ°ā§€ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžā§Ÿ ā§Ēā§Ģā§Ļā§Ļ āĻŸāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻœāĻ¨āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ° āĻ…āĻ§āĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ‚āĻļāĻ‡ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸āĻ°āĻŋ āĻŦā§ā§œāĻŋāĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžā§ŸÂ  āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻļ āĻ…āĻ§āĻŋāĻĻāĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¤āĻĨā§āĻ¯ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžā§Ÿā§€, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇāĻžāĻ•ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻ¸āĻš āĻšāĻžāĻŽā§œāĻž āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° ā§¨ā§Ļ,ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āĻŸāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻœā§āĻ¯ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

Experts identified nine industrial areas in and around the capital city as the primary sources of river pollution: Tongi, Tejgaon, Hazaribagh, Tarabo, Narayanganj, Savar, Gazipur, Dhaka Export Processing Zone and Ghorashal.

āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻœā§āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§€ āĻ¨āĻ—āĻ°ā§€āĻ° āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ“ āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§‡ āĻ¨ā§ŸāĻŸāĻŋ āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŸāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋ, āĻ¤ā§‡āĻœāĻ—āĻžāĻāĻ“, āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ°ā§€āĻŦāĻžāĻ—, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻŦā§‹, āĻ¨āĻžāĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻŖāĻ—āĻžā§āĻœ, āĻ¸āĻžāĻ­āĻžāĻ°, āĻ—āĻžāĻœā§€āĻĒā§āĻ°, āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ°āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ  āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŋā§ŸāĻžāĻ•āĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ“ āĻ˜ā§‹ā§œāĻžāĻļāĻžāĻ˛āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€ āĻĻā§‚āĻˇāĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĨāĻŽāĻŋāĻ• āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ¸ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻšāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

The river would need a monster’s stomach to digest all the wastes mentioned above. There is a limit up to which it can put up with its cruel and thoughtless treatment.

āĻ‰āĻ˛ā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ–āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŦ āĻ†āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻœāĻ¨āĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻšāĻœāĻŽ āĻ•āĻ°āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ˛ā§€āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āĻœāĻ¨ āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ (āĻŦā§ā§œāĻŋ āĻ—āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻž āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻ°) āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ ā§āĻ° āĻ“ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§‡āĻšāĻ• āĻ†āĻšāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻšā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§€āĻŽāĻž āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

We the humans have successfully killed one of our rivers. There are other rivers in the country that are being subjected to similar thoughtless treatment.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨āĻŦāĻ•ā§‚āĻ˛ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻĢāĻ˛āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦāĻ°ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€ āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ†āĻ¨ā§āĻ°ā§‚āĻĒ āĻ…āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļā§€ āĻ†āĻšāĻ°āĻŖā§‡āĻ° āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

Unless we take care of our rivers there may come a time when we will cry “water, water’ and find it nowhere.

āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻšāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ, āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻž āĻ¸āĻŽā§Ÿ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻšāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ•ā§‹āĻĨāĻžāĻ“ āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻŦ āĻ¨āĻžāĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

1.Ballad (n)

2.Narrate (v)

3.Harrowing (adj)

4.Mariner (n)

5.Survive (v)

6.Crisis (n)

7.Backyard (n)

8.Unfortunately (adv)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

1.āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤āĻž

2.āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ¨āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

3.āĻšāĻ°āĻŽ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĻāĻļāĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤

4.āĻ¨āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ•

5.āĻŦā§‡āĻāĻšā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

6.āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ•āĻŸ

7.āĻĒāĻļā§āĻšāĻžā§ŽāĻ­āĻžāĻ—, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ•āĻŸāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§€ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¨

8.āĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ¯āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŽā§‡

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

09. Perpetual (adj)

10. Stench (n)

11. Glorious (adj)

12. Tributary ( (n)

13. Marveled (adj)

14. Chronic (adj)

15. Shortage(n)

16. Bounty (n)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

ā§Ļā§¯. āĻ¨āĻŋā§ŸāĻ¤

ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āĻ§

ā§§ā§§. āĻ—ā§ŒāĻ°āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤/ āĻ—ā§ŒāĻ°āĻŦāĻŽā§Ÿ

ā§§ā§¨. āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ¨āĻĻā§€

ā§§ā§Š. āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤

ā§§ā§Ē. āĻ¤ā§€āĻŦā§āĻ°

ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻ˜āĻžāĻŸāĻ¤āĻŋ

ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨

 

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
Vocabulary

17. Tannery (n)

18. Expert ( n)

19. Treatment (n)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°

ā§§ā§­. āĻŸāĻžāĻŽā§œāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨āĻž

ā§§ā§Ž. āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§‡āĻˇāĻœā§āĻž

ā§§ā§¯. āĻ†āĻšāĻ°āĻŖ