With thick and dark clouds over their heads, boat makers work on a vessel on the bank of Jadukata river near Binnakali Bazar in Tahirpur upazila of Sunamganj. Boat makers are passing busy days ahead of the rainy season when people's lives in such haor areas are unimaginable without this watercraft. The photo was taken recently. Photo:
Sheikh Nasir
The Chittagong City Corporation removed the concrete cover over this drainage outlet right underneath the busy road at Sagarika intersection after an explosion, caused by trapped gas, blew off part of the slab on February 10. Though the breaking of the slab was done to check the possibility of further explosions as an immediate precautionary measure, the authorities have not constructed a new cover since then, seriously hampering vehicular movement in the area. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
Within a few years, this narrow channel of the once mighty Korotoa would disappear if waste thrown by local people and untreated effluent
disposed by nearby factories continue to make their way into the river and people keep on encroaching on its banks from both sides. The photo was taken Thursday, along Chelopara area in Bogra town. Photo:
Mamun-ur-rashid
