Eshan Maitra

Sundarbans is a subject of pride for Bangaldesh. But for many reasons the authorities have failed to take the matters of protecting it seriously. It hasn’t been so long since, last time one of the major river of Sundarbans had been polluted very badly. Nonetheless, they hardly took any strict initiatives to prevent further accidents after 2014 incident. The oils made it struggle for the creatures of the forest. Also wasted the river banks from being a source of water. Tragically, again 1,200 metric tons of coal were recently dumped in the same route as before. This may cause extension of rare dolphins and crocodiles in that area.
Shela River was polluted again when a ship carrying tons of coals sunk in the southern part of Sunderbans. This is a direct delicate threats to ecology surrounding Irrawaddy and Ganges rivers. After the oil incidents, it suddenly brought awareness about the Sundarbans. Even authorities banned any transportation in that certain route. But selective and objective pressures from local trade board made them withdraw the bans. Why is that? Are short time profits more important than ensuring the future of the largest Mangrove Forest in the world? Forest Conservator Zahir Uddin Ahmed, presented a scary statistics about the biodiversity might be caused by the intoxication of the sunken coals.
Shipping Secretary Ashok Madhob Roy again put bans on any naval movements in those riverine parts, on last Monday. Hopefully, this is much more organized than before. Yet, the environmentalists are concerned about the industrial waste of the upcoming power-plant joint project of both Bangladesh and India. Luckily the whole world is talking about Sundarbans now. This magnificent forest covers over 10,000 square kilometers. We failed to protect many of our royal tigers and many other exotic species. But no more! More strict initiations should be taken in hand. If the Sundarbans goes in the list lost pride, the nature might declare the final ugly ultimatum to the ecology of our country.