Hundreds of Bangladeshi activists set off on a 200 km march from Dhaka to the Sundarbans on Thursday to protest against the $1.5 billion power plant near the world’s largest mangrove forests which straddle both Bangladesh and India.
The four-day march of environmentalists, and cultural and political activists started at Dhaka’s National Press Club and was being led by a platform of left-leaning political parties, social and cultural activists, experts and professionals — named the National Committee on Protection of Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports, Xinhua reporte
Anu Muhammad, member secretary of the group, urged the government not to go ahead with the proposed 1,320-MGW plant, to be built in the area of Rampal in Bangladesh’s Bagerhat district.
— source newindianexpress.com