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    Photos from Bangladesh

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    Displacing settlements - Villagers are forced to relocate as the river erodes away their lands mercilessly. Riazul, with help of others, moves his housing infrastructure to a less vulnerable site, before the cataclysmic river erosion displaces his home. Views[547] Away from the eroding shorelines - A young girl tries to come to terms with the fact that the river has ruthlessly washed away what used to be her playing ground, as her family prepares to relocate to a safer location. Views[552] The pure sense of helplessness - The villagers watch in utter helplessness and despair as the river Teesta eats away their land, rendering as many as 200 families homeless and landless in less than two weeks. Views[798] Clear-cutting the timberland - Villagers cut down the bamboo forests and other trees on the eroding riverbanks, and take away the timber to build huts or put it to commercial use, before the river devours their fertile agricultural lands and crops. Views[1609] Swept into uncertainty - A woman engages in her routine brooming of the backyard, with the hope in her heart that tomorrow her homestead survives the violent riverbank erosion of the Teesta, in the massively affected Choyghoria village in Gaibandha district, Bangladesh. Views[859]
     
    Factories and brick kilns mushroom on the encroached 'chors' (riverine islands) as the river is slowly murdered. Views[570] Inorganic waste and animal carcasses bobbing on the surface of the murky waters is a very common sight. Raw sewage, untreated industrial waste, food waste, medical waste, polythene bags, oil spill, the dying Buriganga has it all. Views[867] The river is used as a garbage yard by illegal factories and tanneries to dump their untreated waste without impediment. Moreover, rampant urbanization is choking the river. The land grabbers will, in the near future, evanesce the river with their current rate of illegal encroachment. Views[877] The Buriganga river has been transformed to a drain due to various human activities. Human-induced substances like detergents, disinfection by-products, polythene, cosmetic products, food processing waste, chemical waste and other debris contaminate the water. The pollution often causes toxic algal blooms, which reduces oxygen levels in the murky river,disrupting aquatic life and depleting almost all species of fish. The river is now considered to be biologically dead. Views[661] The Buriganga river in Bangladesh, that once gave life to Dhaka, is being choked to death by man. The local governing bodies in Dhaka are trying to sensitize people on protecting the environment with campaign slogans saying
     

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    Clear-cutting the timberland - Villagers cut down the bamboo forests and other trees on the eroding riverbanks, and take away the timber to build huts or put it to commercial use, before the river devours their fertile agricultural lands and crops.

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