, Nov. 19 -- A group of environmentalists in Satkhira staged a road march demanding climate justice and establishment of a specialised institution to address climate impacts and protect Bangladesh's coastal region.

Green Coalition, development research organisation BARCIK and the Education, Culture and Diversity Protection Team jointly organised the road march started from Shaheed Abdur Razzak Park in Satkhira district town on Wednesday.

The participants also walked through several streets before returning to the starting point.

Speaking at a rally held after the march, speakers highlighted increasing salinity, livelihood crises, heightened risks from cyclones and tidal surges and the long-term scarcity of freshwater in coastal distric...