Thousands of bangladeshis protest yet again. The image is from in August. Photo: A. M. Ahad/ AP
Activists have for several years tried to stop the project, which lasts only about a mile from the sensitive mangrove area of the Sundarbans on the Bangladeshi border with India.
– We can build as many power plants. But we can’t create a new Sundarbans on it is destroyed. All of the rare tigers, dolphins, and other animals are going to disappear, ” says the 21-year-old protestor, Saddam Hossain.
the Organisers are talking about between 20 000 and 100 000 demonstrators from across the country in Dhaka on Saturday. The police do not want to specify any figure, but said that the organisers ‘ estimates are too high.
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