The Jamuna has devoured about 100 homes and large swaths of farmland in Haatpachil village of Sirajganj’s Shahjadpur upazila over the last one month. The erosion by the river has left many families homeless. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Star
The BIWTA drive, conducted on May 23, had also cleared 17 makeshift shops and started reclaiming the river land by excavating earth at that time. PHOTO: ANISUR RAHMAN
This truck stand on a land made by illegal sand-filling on the Turag in the capital’s Chhoto Diya Bari Sinnirtek was removed by BIWTA. Two months have passed and things are back to square one. The photo was taken yesterday. PHOTO: ANISUR RAHMAN