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Rivers don’t live anymore, they merely exist. They exist as relics of their halcyon days when rivers were truly wild, mysterious, free or as a character in their own story, as told through poetry and music.
Yet another natural habitat is facing potential peril, as the Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (Palli Bidyut) is trying to take power lines through a reserved forest in Chattogram's Fatikchhari upazila, ignoring the forest department's objection as well as environmental laws.