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		The Buriganga River (Bangla: বু়িডগঙ্গা Buŗigônga "Old Ganges") is the main river flowing beside Dhaka city, capital of Bangladesh.
		The Buriganga is threatened by pollution and possession.
		Waterflow in the Buriganga is low except during the monsoon season.
	www.flickr.com /photos/shubho/509259176 (556 words)

	Buriganga River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the distant past, a course of the Ganges river used to reach the Bay of Bengal through the Dhaleshwari river.
		The Buriganga is threatened by pollution and possession.
		Waterflow in the Buriganga is low except during the monsoon season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buriganga (371 words)

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		from the terminus of the river steamers at Narayanganj.
		The walls on the western side, and the terrace and battlement towards the river, are of a considerable height, and present a commanding aspect from the water.
		Dacca is watered by a network of rivers and streams, ten of which are navigable throughout the year by native cargo boats of four tons burthen.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /correction/edit?locale=en&content_id=18965 (1102 words)

	Ahsan Manzil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is situated on the banks of the Buriganga River.
		The palace has enjoyed a varied history, starting from being Rang Mahal (of Sheikh Enayetullah, a Zamindar of Jamalpur pargana (Barisal) during the time of the Mughals) to a French trading centre.
		There are porticos the height of the ground floor, both on the northern and southern sides of the palace.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ahsan_Manzil (709 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Dhaka (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Built on the bank of the river Buriganga and to the south of modern Chaukbazar, the building was endowed for the residence and welfare of the visiting merchants and hence came to be known as Katra.
		Dhaka stretches from the Buriganga bank in the south towards the north practically to the Tongi river and the stretch of high land is flanked on either side by low-lying marshes and old river beds.
		The fort (in the site of present central jail) and Chandighat, on the river bank straight to the south of the fort which are the two areas referred to in the Baharaistan to have grown in his time.
	banglapedia.net /HT/D_0145.HTM (11054 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 203 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The High Court previously directed the government and the authorities concerned to submit a timetable for the measures to be taken for recovery of public land along Buriganga river by evicting encroachers.
		Their activities are said to be changing the course of the Turag, which connects the Buriganga and the Balu river along the city's northern outskirts, hampering its flow and seriously threatening the bridge.
		The river raiders and polluters should be checked with a firm hand to ensure a satisfactory environmental situation in respect of these rivers.
	www.thedailystar.net /2003/12/20/d3122001099.htm (763 words)

	Buriganga The endangered lifeline
		Despite a government vow to stop encroachments, Buriganga, which was once the main artery of communication and is an old tributary of the Ganges has virtually been reduced to a narrow canal of polluted slime.
		The 25 mile long river originates from the Dhaleshwari River to the south of Savar and reunites with its source to the south of Fatullah.
		In Buriganga the level is 4 mg at Hazaribagh, 1 to 0 mg at Kamrangir Char to Pagla point, 0 mg at Dholai Khal.
	ruchichowdhury.tripod.com /buriganga_the_endangered_lifeline.htm (1992 words)

	Editorial (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, was established on the banks of the river Buriganga in early 17th century.
		For land grabbing is not the only threat, the river is further polluted by discharge of industrial effluents into river water, indiscriminate throwing of household, clinical, pathological and commercial wastes, and discharge of fuel and human excreta.
		As the Buriganga could not escape their clutches despite its being the lifeline of the capital, the situation in the rest of the country can be well imagined.
	independent-bangladesh.com /news/apr/26/26042005ed.htm#A5 (5060 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 212 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Despite pledged by the Ministry of Forests and Environment to save the Buriganga river from polluters, the water of the capital's lifeline has turned dark, stinking and is bereft of aquatic life.
		In front of River View Dockyard and Engineering at Aganagar, south of the second Buriganga bridge, the river water has been tainted red and purple with a huge RCC pipe constantly releasing chemical effluents directly into the river from nearby dyeing factories.
		To save the river from pollution, the authorities concerned must be corruption free, laws must be enforced and politicians must be committed to the cause, General Secretary of Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon, Abu Naser Khan said.
	www.thedailystar.net /2003/12/29/d3122901099.htm (685 words)

	Water Science and Technology 40:2 (1999) 129-136 - Mir Mostafa Kamal et al. - Assessment of pollution of the river ...
		The River Buriganga, which runs past Dhaka City, is at present one of the most polluted rivers in Bangladesh.
		Therefore, the objectives of this study were to investigate the status of the river water quality in terms of some cardinal water quality parameters, and to simulate the dissolved oxygen (DO) level using a water quality model.
		Then, a one-dimensional water quality model was developed for the Buriganga River system for a dry period of 1994-95.
	www.iwaponline.com /wst/04002/wst040020129.htm (302 words)

	Boston.com / Latest News / World
		DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A river ferry carrying more than 300 passengers sank during a tropical storm Monday near the Bangladeshi capital, and at least 55 bodies were recovered.
		The ferry went down in the Buriganga River near Dhaka, police officer Sharif Shamsul Huq said.
		Fifty-five bodies, including those of women and children, were found floating in the choppy river or trapped inside the ferry.
	www.boston.com /news/daily/21/bangladesh_ferry.htm (327 words)

	Save Buriganga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, was established on the banks of the river Buriganga in early 17
		In spite of development of communication infrastructure on land, the river Buriganga still remains the main gateway between Dhaka and the southern part of Bangladesh.
		The river is further polluted by discharge of industrial effluents into river water, indiscriminate throwing of household, clinical, pathological and commercial wastes, and discharge of fuel and human excreta.
	bapa.info /activities/save_buriganga.htm (803 words)

	Sufia Hossain
		Last February, while I was preparing myself for a forthcoming examination, it was decided unexpectedly that we would visit the Wari Christian cemetery and sail across the Buriganga River in Bangladesh on the occasion of my friend’s birthdays.
		It seemed as though it was the most suitable time of the year for the Daisies to arise from their eternal sleep and become the traveler’s delight.
		The river was still unable to recover from the chill of the dark clouds.
	ducts.org /12_02/hossain.html (767 words)

	Bangladesh Tours,Tours of Bangladesh,Bangladesh Tour Packages,Tour Operators of Bangladesh,Tourism in ...
		It is a land of enormous natural beauty with network of rivers and clear lakes surrounded by green hills, exotic tropical rain forests and beautiful green tea gardens.
		Situated on the north bank of the Buriganga River, Dhaka is the capital city of Bangladesh.
		Dhaka's major waterfront Sadarghat is on the bank of the river Buriganga and is crowded with all kinds of rivercraft, yachts, country boats, motor launches, paddle - steamers, fishermen's boats all bustling with activity.
	www.asiatoursandtravel.com /tours-to-bangladesh (1795 words)

	Tanneries ‘Kill’ the Buriganga River \| Asia Water Wire
		That is because the 17-kilometre stretch of the river that used to have enough stock to support the fisherfolk throughout the year is now a lifeless sewer, carrying effluents from the Hazaribagh tanneries.
		The annual floods also flushed the polluted rivers and re-introduced aquatic life that remained in the waters until the level of pollution rose over time.
		According to Munshi, before the pollutants killed the river, it used to produce enough fish to feed the roughly 13 million people living in the Bangladeshi capital.
	www.asiawaterwire.net /node/428 (1060 words)

	bangladeshferry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Firemen wait for a rescue boat during an attempt to salvage a sunken ferry in the Buriganga river near the capital of Dhaka February 20, 2005.
		At least 37 people died and more than 150 were missing when a Bangladeshi ferry sank during a storm in a river near the capital Dhaka, police said on Sunday.
		The ferry, M.V. Maharaj, with some 200 people was bound for the southern town of Chandpur from Dhaka when it was hit by a sudden tropical storm in the Buriganga river late on Saturday.
	www.co-jet.org /cjet/contents/022105/bangladeshferry.htm (184 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		One ferry sank in the Buriganga river near Dhaka and the other at Kishoreganj on the Meghna river, 150 km northeast of the capital, in the midst of a violent storm which lashed the country yesterday.
		Hundreds of grieving relatives and villagers gathered on river banks to identify their kin from the bodies lined up on the sand and to await rescue vessels.
		Local television showed hundreds of mourning relatives crowding river banks and watching divers hauling up bodies and placing them on rafts to be taken ashore.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030423/asp/foreign/story_1900644.asp (208 words)

	.:: THE BANGLADESH OBSERVER - Net Edition ::. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Buriganga is a dying river by all accounts and environmental groups have been campaigning for restoring its health.
		While that is not too distant a prospect to imagine, currently the abnormally shrunk river both in width and depth is nowhere near to cope with the enormous waters rushing furiously on account of the receding floods.
		Even the dying river is now taking a revenge for the maltreatment it has suffered at the hands of man. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of Basila who have become the victims of nature's unforgiving wrath may or may not have any direct responsibility for the present state of the river.
	www.bangladeshobserveronline.com /new/2004/08/19/editorial.htm (3482 words)

	DACCA - Online Information article about DACCA
		close to the Buriganga river; but the channel has shifted its course, and there is now an intervening space covered with trees between.
		rivers and streams, ten of which are navigable throughout the year by native See also:
		east of the town, a broad, alluvial, well-cultivated plain reaches as far as the junction of the Dhaleswari and Lakshmia rivers.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CRE_DAH/DACCA.html (1575 words)

	arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh/India
		A river is a large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel and emptying into the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream; a stream larger than a rivulet or brook.
		Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, was established on the banks of the river Buriganga in early 17th century.
		The river is further polluted by discharge of industrial effluents into river water, indiscriminate throwing of household, clinical, pathological and commercial wastes, and discharge of fuel and human excreta.
	www.sos-arsenic.net /english/intro/jotdar.html (1822 words)

	e-Mela.com: the Bangladeshi festival ! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The fierce-flowing diverted channel of the Buriganga river continued to erode its banks threatening more land and houses yesterday, throwing about 15,000 people of Basila in Mohammadpur in mounting panic.
		Having changed its course because of three massive encroachments, the Buriganga has devoured at least 11 houses including a four-storey building on the island since Friday.
		"Yesterday (Tuesday) the depth of the river on this spot was about 20 feet and today (Wednesday) it seems to be more than 50 feet," said Mia Hossain, who has lost more than half of his ancestral home and is worried that the river will devour the rest by tomorrow.
	www.e-mela.com /News/2004/basilariver20040819.shtml (508 words)

	Bangladesh's polluted Buriganga river cries out for help: ThingsAsian
		Dhaka, May 4, 2003 - A cruise on Bangladesh's historic Buriganga river used to be a must for visiting dignitaries but these days they are confronted with foul smells and rotting fish resulting from massive pollution.
		She and the other ferry passengers were forced to cover their noses as they looked in horror at the fl water and floating fish that had choked to death.
		The house-turned-museum of the Nawab (ruler) overlooks the river, which is the country's main waterway for trading and ferry travel.
	www.thingsasian.com /stories-photos/2438 (884 words)

	D - LoveToKnow Article on D (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		It originally stood close to the Buriganga river; but the channel has shifted its course, and there is now an intervening space covered with trees between it and the river.
		These hills, however, are mere mounds of from 20 to 40 ft. high, composed of red soil containing a considerable quantity of iron ore; and the whole tract is for the most part unproductive.
		Towards the city the red soil is intersected by creeks and morasses, whose margins yield crops, of rice, mustard and iii seed; while to the east of the town, a broad, alluvial, well-cultivated plain reaches as far as the junction of the Dhaleswari and Lakshmia rivers.
	www.1911ency.org /D/D/D.htm (1371 words)

	Bangladesh river pollution 'unbelievable' - The Washington Times: World Briefings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		DHAKA, Bangladesh — A cruise on the historic Buriganga River here in the capital used to be a must for visiting dignitaries, but these days they are confronted with foul smells and rotting fish caused by massive pollution.
		Hundreds of years ago, the banks of the Buriganga were a prime location when the Mughals made Dhaka their capital in 1610.
		The house-turned-museum of the nawab (ruler) overlooks the river, which is the country's main waterway for trading and ferry travel.
	www.washtimes.com /world/20030530-114205-4569r.htm (684 words)

	Urdu Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		One ferry sank in the Buriganga River near Dhaka and the other at Kishoreganj on the Meghna River, 150 km (90 miles) north-east of the capital, in the midst of a violent storm which lashed the impoverished nation on Monday.
		Ferries are a common means of transport in Bangladesh, one of the world's poorest nations that lies in a delta criss-crossed by scores of rivers and tributaries flowing into the Bay of Bengal.
		Officials blame river accidents on persistent neglect of safety regulations, structural faults, lax law enforcement and poor weather monitoring.
	www.urdutimes.com /englishnews/2003/04/23/en8 (735 words)

	Bangladesh -- BELA v. Government of Bangladesh and others (WP of 2003) (Tannery Case) (Original Petition) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		That the River Buriganga has always played a dominant role in the economy of the country because of the water transportation facilities provided by the said River.
		That unfortunately the existence of the River Buriganga is posed to serious threat by the discharge of hazardous tannery wastes into its water.
		Photocopies of paper clippings reporting such disastrous condition of the Buriganga river are annexed hereto and marked as Annexure ‘F. That in addition to such unregulated disposal of liquid and solid wastes, strong odour in the air of Hazaribagh and surrounding areas perhaps needs no evidence to anyone present there.
	www.elaw.org /resources/text.asp?ID=1779 (4838 words)

	Inter Basin Water Transfer link Project (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Khaleda said the transboundary rivers, of which China, India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh are co-riparians, flow down to the Bay of Bengal through Bangladesh depositing an astounding amount of 1.8 billion tonnes of sediments each year, gradually choking the navigability of its rivers.
		The prime minister said her government had plan for dredging the rivers, but such ventures were very cost-intensive.
		After one of her party lawmakers had accused former Awami League (AL) lawmaker Haji Selim of illegally grabbing 'half of the river Buriganga,' the prime minister said, not only Buriganga, her government would free all the rivers in the country from illegal encroachment.
	www.sdnpbd.org /river_basin/news/dailystar25_03_2004.htm (515 words)

	Water Science & Technology 48:7 (2003) 149-156 - M.K. Alam and D. Marinova - Measuring the total value of a river ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The paper estimates the total value for the community of the cleanup of the Buriganga River.
		Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, was developed on the bank of the Buriganga River in the early 1600s.
		The river is now near dead mainly due to human interventions.
	www.iwaponline.com /wst/04807/wst048070149.htm (280 words)

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