Answer the following questions :

1. What do you think is the condition of the rivers of our country
2. What is the commercial value of the river Buriganga?
3. Why is the Buriganga described as an example of a dying river? Give reasons for your answe
4. How is the Buriganga polluted
5. What did the Mughals marvel at? What was the outcome of it?

b. The river Buriganga plays an important role in supporting trade and commercE- Once it supplied drinking water to the people of Dhaka. 

c. Untreated liquid industrial waste, other toxic chemicals, and household wastes are being discharged into the river Buriganga indiscriminately. Thus, its water is polluted and a perpetual stench fills the air around it. It has almost become useless. That's why, it has been described as an example of a dying river. 

d. About 4,500 tons of solid waste is produced in Dhaka city every day and most of it is released into the Buriganga. Besides, according to the Department of Environment, 20,000 tons of toxic waste is released into the river by the tanneries every day. As a result, Buriganga has become one of the most polluted rivers of the country 

E- The Mughals marvelled at the tide level of the Buriganga. Consequently, they founded their capital, Jahangirnagar,  on the bank of Buriganga in 1610