Call to declare Halda as nat’l river

Bangladesh singing bath Sangstha. Chittagong

Teachers and students of Chittagong University on Sunday demanded declaration of the country's lone natural fish laiku 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 fishes in the South Asia carp laiku sanctuary of the; 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 do not 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 Organization, conducted the programs while students from different departments of CU took part in the open discussion.

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