News Desk :
Canals in Dhaka are dying fast due to regular dumping of garbage by local residents.
They now chocked with thick layer of non-degradable materials like polyethylene and household wastes because of indiscriminate dumping wastes forcing many to mistake the canals for a landfill.
Due to the unchecked and improper disposal of plastic, drains and sewerage systems have become blocked and resulted in increase incidences of mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and malaria.
It also caused water logging in the city.
Visiting the Shyampur-Kadamtoli canal, it was seen that once 1.28 km water body almost vanished and it looked like a landfill as a thick layer of polythene covered on it due to careless dumping of garbage. The canal now turns a virtual death trap, particularly for the children, who while playing around it, get down on it considering the upper layer to be solid ground. Only a few days ago, Ashamoni, a minor girl of Kadamtoli made similar tragic death. This photo was taken from in front of city’s Japan’s Market on Monday.
