According to a Bangladeshi High Court ruling in 2001, the government should have ensured that the Hazaribagh tanneries installed adequate means to treat their waste over a decade ago. The government ignored that ruling. The High Court then ruled in 2009 that the government should ensure that the Hazaribagh tanneries relocate outside of Dhaka or close them down. The government and the tannery associations sought (and were granted) a number of extensions to that order, and then ignored the order when those extensions lapsed.

Even the paint schemes follow the same same pattern with the 7000-E adorned in a sumptuous gloss blue and carbon clear coat. The only real thing I could fault about the look is that the edge of the paint on the top tube has a sharp edge that caught my leg a few times when riding or resting on the bike.

The construction site for the new Colonial Elementary School is located at 142 Murray Drive in Troutville. The school will open fall of 2020 at the earliest.

Given you can buy footpumps from many outlets for less than £10, at £65 this is definitely a premium purchase.

Less well-remembered as a rally weapon than the subsequent Group B Peugeot 205 T16, the mid-engined R5 Turbo nevertheless became a staple in European rallying, much like the previous decade’s ubiquitous Ford Escort. But because it was French and turbocharged back when you used a sun dial to measure the lag, it was just… cooler. Viewed from a vantage point four decades hence, a 1.4-litre engine ponying up 158bhp sounds rather thin, but because it lived behind the R5’s seats and sent drive to the rear wheels, and featured tumescent bodywork designed by none other than Marcello Gandini at Bertone, this little beast became way greater than the sum of its parts. The Turbo 2 followed the original run of homologation cars, and traded aluminium doors, tailgate and roof for steel to keep costs down. You’ll pay £70–80k for one now. 

[48] When Human Rights Watch requested a meeting with the minister for the environment and forests to discuss the findings of this report, the minister’s personal secretary suggested that the minister of industries was the appropriate person to meet, explaining that “the Ministry of Industry is dealing with the tannery industry in Bangladesh.” Email from Rafique Ahammed, personal secretary to the Minister for Environment and Forests Hasan Mahmud, to Richard Pearshouse, Human Rights Watch, June 11, 2012. Copy on file with Human Rights Watch. The personal secretary for the Minister for Industries Dilip Barua communicated that the minister was unable to meet with Human Rights Watch in Dhaka because he was abroad. Email from Md. Ashraf Shameem, personal secretary to the Minister for Industries Dilip Barua, to Richard Pearshouse, Human Rights Watch, June 7, 2012. Copy on file with Human Rights Watch. Written correspondence to both ministers was sent in July 2012. No reply had been received as this report went to publication.

[27] Ganesh Chandra Saha and Md. Ashraf Ali, “Groundwater Contamination in Dhaka City From Tannery Waste,” Journal of Civil Engineering, 29(2), 2001, pp. 151- 166. Note also that a study published in 1998 detected chromium in shallow tube wells in Hazaribagh, although not in deep tube wells: Md. Hasan Ali et al., “Chromium Contamination And Its Effect on Human Health,” Journal of Dhaka Medical College, 1998 vol. 7(1), pp. 14-19.

[274] K. Kolomaznick et al., “Leather Waste- Potential Threat To Human Health, And A New Technology Of Its Treatment,” Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 160 2008, pp. 514.

STA, 27 May 2019 – Impol, a leading Slovenian aluminium producer, has recently entered a deal to supply German car producer BMW with aluminium rods for the bodyworks of new electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

Bangladesh has made political commitments to fulfill its obligations under the right to water. Bangladesh’s National Water Policy (1998) and the National Sanitation Strategy (2005) recognize water and sanitation as human rights.[264] Bangladesh set itself goals of reaching universal access to safe drinking water by 2011 and universal access to improved sanitation by 2013, but is falling short of these commitments.[265]

[57] Human Rights Watch interview with Md. Mustafizur Rahman, factory inspector, Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Dhaka, June 13, 2012.

The effluent that pours off tannery floors and into Hazaribagh’s open gutters contains animal flesh, dissolved hair, and fats. It is thick with lime, hydrogen sulfide, chromium sulfate, sulfuric acid, formic acid, bleach, dyes, oils, and numerous heavy metals used in the processing of hides.[10] This effluent flows from the open gutters into a stream that runs through some of Hazaribagh’s slums, and into Dhaka’s main river, the Buriganga.