The Turag is listed by The Daily Star (World Rivers Day, 28 September 2025) among the rivers of its division under assault from grabbing, pollution or sand-lifting.
- Name
- Turag · তুরাগ
- Status
- Grabbed or polluted
- Division
- Dhaka
- Length
- 65 km (official river list, 2025)
- On the map
- Drawn on the map
- Map names
- Turag River
What the record says (3)
In 2019 the High Court declared the Turag, and every river in Bangladesh, a living entity, with the NRCC as its legal guardian. The Appellate Division disposed of the appeal on 17 February 2020 and barred the government from leasing or selling any river land.
Source: Appellate Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh, 17 Feb 2020
An RDRC physical survey of 56 rivers across seven divisions (2022) found every one of them polluted.
Source: The Daily Star, 28 Sep 2025
57,390 individuals and organisations had grabbed 770 rivers; 18,579 were evicted in a year.
Source: The Daily Star, 28 Dec 2020