Md. Dulal Mia, 50, ferries passengers in his small boat from one end of the Buriganga River to the other. He has been living along the river for the last three decades. “The stench from the pitch-black water is almost intolerable. Nearby factories and houses release their sewage into the river,”
Author: S.M. Najmus Sakib
Weak waste management leaves Dhaka communities at risk from landfill sites
Muzammel Hoque, 40, lives in the village of Konda, near the largest landfill that services the city of Dhaka, some 30 kilometers (19 miles) away. “The landfill has destroyed the rich wetland biodiversity and cropland on which people’s livelihood depended,” he said, adding that “many villagers have shifted to other areas