Sam Setter column addresses worrying reports from Savar
05/06/2018
Quoting the article from Dhaka-based New Age, Mr Setter says the main issue is the absence of a chrome recovery unit at the CETP. This is resulting in untreated wastewater being dumped into the river.
“Savar, a once clean stretch of land, has been transformed into a polluted dump,” he laments. “What took place in Hazaribagh over a period of 50 years, has taken place in Savar in barely 18 months.”
He also levels plenty of criticism at the Bangladeshi government for failing to deal with this problem and expresses concerns that with impending elections in Bangladesh, it could be a long time before this issue is correctly addressed.
Mr Setter concludes his latest column with a call to those who buy leather from Bangladeshi tanneries to think carefully before continuing their business in the country. “Each buyer must look at their conscience and decide if they want to be accomplices to the environmental disaster that is being perpetrated in Savar,” he says.
The full column can be accessed for free here.
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