Syeda Rizwana Hasan, Advisor for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, said today (November 1) that this generation must ensure that the next generation can see pollution-free canals and rivers.

“The current generation has not seen clean rivers or canals. You don’t know what it looks like when a river is clean, or how useful it is to people,” she said as as the guest of honor at the Rampura-Jirani canal cleaning campaign in Dhaka.

“The canal you are cleaning today should remain so in the future. As future leaders, it is your responsibility to ensure this,” she added.

Rizwana, also an advisor on water resources, said: “The current concept of cleaning a canal or water body in each of the country’s 64 districts emanates from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. is the strength of our youth.”

Mentioning that the canal cleaning campaign was attended by the Ministry of Water Resources, Water Development Board, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Directorate of Youth Development, Dhaka South City Corporation and d Others, the advisor said: “Those who claim there is no coordination within government, we have proven them wrong.

“We must unite in the interest of the nation,” she added.

The advisor said, “The program we have undertaken to clean 64 canals in 64 districts starts today and will continue until November 15.

“We will not just complete this task; we will establish a committee for each canal at the local level. The members of these committees will monitor and identify those who attempt to pollute the canals and take immediate action to prevent them,” he said. -she added.