Industrial waste water grave peril Saver in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Untreated waste from Dhaka Export Processig Zone,DEPZ pollutes water, farmlands since 1983: no CETP installed yet, around two hundred thousand people exposed to serious health risk.
Untreated liquid wastes from Dhaka Export Processing Zone,DEPZ have been polluting the Bangshi River and other water bodies around,putting two hundred thousand people and twelve villagers in the area into tremendous health risk.
Only a couple of decade ago the villagers used water from the nearby water bodies like Dholai beel for drinking, bathing and irrigation but now the water of Dholai beel and Bangshi River looks picth black and stinks as wates from the DEPZ, where many of the World famous brand items are produced, continueto pollute the water.
Inhabitants of the villages arround Dholai beel in Saver, where the DEPZ discharges its untreated effluent, said the wastes have severely contaminated the Land there and they cannot cultivate Paddy now. The pollution has thus threatened the existence of some traditional livehoods while villagers often suffer from water-borne diseases.
Polluting more than 1,000 acres of land in Dholai beel, the filthy water pours into the Bangshai river in Saver. The pollution spreads over the villages during floods.
In the 143.84 hectares area of DEPZ there are over 300 industrial units, including chemical, leather,Textiles, Agro-based industries, garments and garments accessories, woven and knitted fabrics, medical and biological pharmaceutical industries and backward and forward linkage industries,
Under an open-door policy the government established the DEPZ in 1983 to attract foreign investors but it is not yet to set up a central effluent treatment plant ,CETP for the industries in the DEPZ.