The High Court of the country responding to the jointly voiced call of the print and electronic media to save the rivers in order to save Dhaka issued a few days back the directives to the government to immediately remove illegal structures and encroachments from the either bank of the rivers surrounding Dhaka.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/hc-guidelines-river-protection
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-age-bangladesh
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rivers
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/high-court
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/bangladesh
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/dhaka