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ANTI-PLASTIC-CAMPAIGN-DU (With Picture)
Anti-Plastic Campaign held at DU
DHAKA, Nov 10, 2018 (BSS)- In an attempt to create awareness about the
hazardous impact of plastic bags and different types of plastics, a campaign
was held at Dhaka University (DU) campus today.
With the slogan “Dhaka is our home, keep our home clean”, the campaign
started at 10am from Raju Memorial Sculpture and ended at Teacher-Student
Center (TSC) at 2pm with the initiative of a non-government organisation
called ‘AGROHO’.
Teachers of Department of Development Studies, DU, students of different
departments, AGROHO members and some street children participated in the
event.
The participants of the campaign removed various types of discarded
plastic materials and polythene bags from the premises of Fine Arts Faculty,
Suhrawardy Udyan, Dhaka University Library, Arts Building, Shaheed Minar and
Curzon Hall, said a press release.
While addressing the programme, Professor Dr Abu Eusuf of Department of
Development Studies said by appreciating the noble initiative that will
contribute towards sensitizing citizens on the adverse effect of using
plastic.
“Only raising awareness among the people on the usage of plastic,
especially polythene bags, can save the country from the devastating threat
of environment pollution,” he added.
Prof Dr Tiabur Rahman of Department of Development Studies said
collaborative effort is needed to fight against plastic pollution.
Dalia Rahman, chairperson of AGROHO, said the city dwellers threw around
14 million polythene bags everyday in the city which are causing blockage the
entire sewerage systems resulting in water logging during the rainy season.
“This is high time we resisted plastic pollution and it should be started
from the grassroot levels,” she said.
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