According to your report the highest air polluting industry in Bangladesh, causing about 37% air pollution, is the food industry. Next in line is cement/clay, which causes 16.6% pollution. Then you mention the highest cumulative percentage of air pollution is due to cement and clay factories. Don't you think there are anomalies in the statistics?
Nasrin Haq, Banani, Dhaka
Once upon a time, Tejgaon was on the outskirts of a city skirting the Buriganga and then it was called Tejgaon Indusrial Area. Today, Tejgaon is very much at the heart of Dhaka city, with thousands of people living in the area. And yet, it is the same industrial area with all the industries in tact, emitting pollutants into the air!
Hamidur Rahman, Dhaka University
It is heartening to know that the Bangladesh government is taking steps to make sure that industries set up Effluent Treatment Plant. ETP is costly and it cannot be set up in a few days. So the government should give industries more time. However, if the deadline is extended, there should be constant monitoring so that the industrialists cannot get any chance to slow down the construction process of their ETP and later ask for more time. I feel sorry to say most industrialists do not care about environment until and unless there is pressure on them from environmentalists, and more importantly from the government.
Shams, by email
Anyone passing by Savar or Gazipur area will notice huge plumes of smoke billowing from the chimneys of brick kilns. And still today many vehicles, especially buses, trucks and government jeeps can be seen plying the roads of Dhaka pouring out toxic substances, under the very nose of the traffic police. To me, any government plan for better environment must include clamping down on these notorious polluting agents.
Ahmed Ishtiaq, Dhanmondi, Dhaka
CSR
Rodney Reed makes a valid point by saying, "The business sector in Bangladesh must lead in the cleaning up of our rivers …" In fact it is because of the industries that our rivers are polluted and now it is the moral duty of this sector to rid the rivers of pollution. I think our corporate world need to be actively aware of their social responsibility. We do not want them to sponsor beauty contests or fashion shows, we want them to not pollute our environment any further.
Asif Raihan, by email
Entertainment
I like the entertainment page of your esteemed magazine. I enjoyed reading the review of the Bengali documentary, The Immigrant. I look forward to more of this type of review.
Iffat Ara, Shegunbagicha, Dhaka
Supplementary
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Ashraf Hussein, MBA, Azimpur, Dhaka
Chittagong Times
We in Chittagong like your magazine very much. The Executive Times looks good, its contents are thoughtful and it is written in very good English. The only thing that we find deficient is you do not write about Chittagong any more.
Sohel and Hiru, Nasirabad, Chittagong
Flood
This time there was no politics with flood. Relief reached the flood-affected people directly. There was no misappropriation, no mismanagement. All this was possible because no political parties were in charge, this time. The credit goes to the caretaker government and the armed forces.
Tushar, by email
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