A portion of the canal at Ruposhi has been filled up to build a road to factories. Photo: Anisur Rahman
The canal running along the Dhaka-Sylhet highway is in a sorry state at Rupganj for encroachment by factory owners and discharge of toxic, industrial liquid into the water that flows into the Shitalakkhya river. The water has turned black on a stretch of 3-4 kilometres due to the discharge, Photo: Anisur Rahman
Customers surround a mustard oil vendor and his assistant, who travel the port city on a pick-up van with their mobile oil mill, in Chittagong's Momin Road area. The mini mill, run by diesel, does not require any complicated gear or technology. The vendor puts some mustard seeds into the opening on its top and, in a few minutes, the pungent dark yellow oil starts dripping down from an outlet at the bottom of the expeller. The entire process of extracting the oil from the seeds is done right in front of the buyers as an assurance that the oil, sold for Tk 220 a litre, is pure. Also, the residue of the crushed seeds (oil cakes), spewed out through a separate outlet, is sold as animal feed. The photos were taken recently. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
