Bangladesh : Influential people grabbed canal and wetlands in Dhaka city

The picture shows the Influential people grabbed canal and wetlands in Dakinkhan area in Dhaka City, Bangladesh as a resulit Dhaka became water logging city during monsoon season every year. Dhaka city was 46 canal and already 32 canal grabbed by Influential people of the society now rest only 14 canal have in Dhaka city. Hazaribagh canal completely grabbed.Now grabbed continuing Mohammadpur Ramvchandrapur canal, Katasur canal, Khilgaon canal, Bhasaboo canal. Abdullahpur canal, Ibrahimpur canal and Zirani canal.

Turag river polluted in Dhaka, Bangladesh

People wash dishes in pitch-black water of the Turag river to thewest of Tongi Bridge in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Turag, Buriganga and Balu river water still contaminated with toxic wastes as the pollution source could not be plugged, dissoved oxygen is too low for aquatic lives to survive in the Buriganga river. Hazaribagh tanneries are still dumping wastes in the Buriganga river and excreta of millions of city dwellers are still emptying into the Buriganga river through Wasa storm sewers everyday. The river pollution continuing unabated.

Filling up Buriganga river in Dhaka, Bangladesh

The Buriganga river  filling up near the BIWTA jetty in Shympur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Its vast stretches remain grabbed. Not only that, new players are joining to grabbed the river futher.