22nd March is observed as World Water Day which is 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. This year’s theme is “identifying best practices that can make a water- and energy-efficient ‘Green Industry’ a reality.” inspite that, this area in Dhaka contains 95% of Bangladesh's leather tanneries, and every day they dump 22,000 cubic liters of toxic waste, including the cancer-causing hexavalent chromium, into the capital city's main river and key water supply, the Burg
22nd March is observed as World Water Day which is 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. This year’s theme is “identifying best practices that can make a water- and energy-efficient ‘Green Industry’ a reality.” inspite that, this area in Dhaka contains 95% of Bangladesh's leather tanneries, and every day they dump 22,000 cubic liters of toxic waste, including the cancer-causing hexavalent chromium, into the capital city's main river and key water supply, the Burgiganga. (Photo by Mohammad Asad / Pacific Press)
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