Waste water from Dhaka city drained to the River Buriganga contributes to its pollutions. On the ‘World Water Day’ observed on March 22, 2007 under the theme ‘Coping with Water Scarcity’, under the leadership of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, DrikNEWS explores some of the images of the river. .The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. UN-Water has identified coping with water scarcity as part of the strategic issues and priorities
Waste water from Dhaka city drained to the River Buriganga contributes to its pollutions. On the ‘World Water Day’ observed on March 22, 2007 under the theme ‘Coping with Water Scarcity’, under the leadership of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, DrikNEWS explores some of the images of the river. .The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro. UN-Water has identified coping with water scarcity as part of the strategic issues and priorities requiring joint UN action. The theme highlights the significance of cooperation and importance of an integrated approach to water resource management of water at international, national and local levels. Dhaka, Bangladesh. March 21, 2007.
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