The committee to save rivers at a press conference at the Khulna Press Club on Wednesday put forward their 10-point charter of demands to save the River Moyur that flows by the western side of the city. The committee alleged that about nine kilometre stretch of the Moyur has turned into a stagnant water body after the Khulna city protection dam was built in 1982-83 years and the river gradually filled by throwing household wastes and pathological wastes. The wastes from the KCC slaughterhouse and tannery, and open latrines are further polluting the water of the river and the adjoining environment. The statement demanded cleaning and dredging of the river, checking of wastes disposal in the river, eviction of the open latrines, regular opening of the sluice gate for flushing out water, shifting of the tannery and slaughterhouse, eviction of the encroachers from the river banks and releasing of fish during then raining season. Meanwhile, the Khulna district administration has started eviction of illegal structures from the river banks. After removal of five illegal structures on Tuesday, the Khulna deputy commissioner, SM Firoz Alam told New Age that the administration will continue the eviction drive until the river banks are free from the encroachers. Alamgir Islam Lablu of Samaj Progoti Sangstha read out the written statement at the conference also attended by committee leaders Firoz Ahmed of Khulna Nagarik Samaj, Khalid Hossain of Rupayan, Mahfuzur Rahman Mukul of Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association and Quazi Javed Khalid Joy of Coastal Development Partnership.