Bangladesh: Dhaka factories ordered shut in landmark ruling to protect Buriganga river

Just when it got a little quieter in Bangladesh - the Bangladesh Accord transitioned and factory incidents have become somewhat less - a new landmark decision by Bangladesh’s high court could shake things up again. On 20th January, the court ordered authorities to take immediate action against 231 garment-related factories including rubber plants, dyeing factories and tanneries that had been using the Buriganga river as the private dumping ground for their industrial waste, making Dhaka’s main river one of the world’s most polluted.