The Daily star Editorial : 16-03-16
প্রথমে শব্দার্থগুলো পড়ে নিন
Destruction:ধ্বংস,ক্ষয় (Erosion, Deterioration)
Plight: সঙ্কটাবস্থা (Dire situation)
Unscrupulous:বিবেকহীন (Indiscreet)
Undermine:গোপনে ক্ষতিসাধন করা
Dwindle:ক্ষীণ হত্তয়া,হ্রাস পাওয়া (Decrease)
Unmitigated:চরম,অবাধ
Dumping:খালাস, ছাড়ান (Release)
Toxic:বিষাক্ত
Effluent:প্রবাহ (Stream, Flow)
Relentless:নির্দয়, অবিরাম (Brutal, Merciless)
Dredging: সমুদ্র বা মাটির নিচ থেকে কোনকিছু তুলে আনা
Deliberate:ইচ্ছাকৃত(Wilful)
Hand off policy : মধ্যস্থতাহীন নীতি
Exception:ব্যতিক্রম
Whereby:যদ্দ্বারা
Excavator:খননকারী (Digger)
Verdict:রায়
Converge:একই বিন্দুতে মিলিত হত্তয়া
Entities:সত্ত্বা,অস্তিত্ব
Strongman:শক্তিধর, ক্ষমতাধর
Turn A blind eye: মন্দ জেনেও উপেক্ষা করা(to ignoresomething that you knowis wrong)
Regrettably:আফসোস, দুঃখজনকভাবে
Pristine:আদিম (Ancient, Primitive)
Quarry:খাদ
Degradation:অবনতি
Wilful:ইচ্ছাকৃত
Obliteration:ক্ষতি, ক্ষয়, ধ্বংস (Decay, Havoc)
Indiscriminate:বাছবিচারহীন, নির্বিচারে (Unjust)
Extraction:নিষ্কাশন
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Save the Pyain River!
Local administration has a role
This paper has always been a strong voice against the destruction of rivers. We have highlighted in the past and continue to do so the plight of rivers nationwide, where unscrupulous business interests undermine rivers, which have continued to dwindle in the face of unmitigated dumping of toxic effluents from factories, relentless dredging and deliberate land fill, all in the face of a hands off policy by authorities concerned. What is happening over the Pyain River in Jafflong of Sylhet district is no exception. Stone traders have built a wooden bridge at one section of the river to facilitate faster movement of stone-carrying trucks.
According to a report published in this paper in December, 2015 the activity is illegal whereby excavators are being used to extract stones, and one which is in violation of a High Court verdict. All over the country it is the same story when it comes to the destruction of rivers. We find syndicates at work that converge interests of unscrupulous business entities, a section of the local administration and the blessing of local strongmen. That the local administration has turned a blind eye to a HC order in itself is shocking.
Regrettably the once pristine Pyain River has effectively been turned into a stone quarry and leading to environmental degradation. Such wilful violation of the law demands action and we expect authorities to act as the activity is contributing to not only the destruction of the river but also the obliteration of hundreds of acres of tea estates due to indiscriminate extraction of stones from the river bed.
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