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The City Of Thousand Gardens { 23 images } Created 1 Feb 2017

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  • On the bank of the Buriganga river, the wholesale fruits and vegetable market with passenger ferries departing in the background. The Buriganga river is one of the most polluted rivers in Bangladesh. A World Bank study said four major rivers near Dhaka - the Buriganga, Shitalakhya, Turag and Balu - receive 1.5 million cubic metres of waste water every day from 7,000 industrial units in surrounding areas and another 0.5 million cubic meters from other sources. Chemicals such as cadmium and chromium, and other elements such as mercury carried by the industrial waste are also creeping into the ground water, posing a serious threat to public health.
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  • A man prays in Hazaribagh, the tannery area of Dhaka.The Hazaribagh tanneries make up between 90 and 95 percent of all tanneries in Bangladesh and employ 8,000 to 12,000 workers. The effluent that pours off tannery floors and into the open gutters contains animal flesh, dissolved hair, and fats. It also incorporates lime, hydrogen sulphide, chromium sulfate, sulphuric acid, formic acid, bleach, dyes, oils, and a number of heavy metals used in the processing of hides. This effluent flows from the open gutters into a stream that runs through some of Hazaribagh’s slums and into Dhaka’s main river, the Buriganga.
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  • Hazaribagh, the tannery area of Dhaka.The Hazaribagh tanneries make up between 90 and 95 percent of all tanneries in Bangladesh and employ 8,000 to 12,000 workers.The effluent that pours off tannery floors and into the open gutters contains animal flesh, dissolved hair, and fats. It also incorporates lime, hydrogen sulfide, chromium sulfate, sulfuric acid, formic acid, bleach, dyes, oils, and a number of heavy metals used in the processing of hides. This effluent flows from the open gutters into a stream that runs through some of Hazaribagh’s slums, and into Dhaka’s main river, the Buriganga.
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  • Workers offload coal by hand from ships in Gabtoli area in Dhaka. They get payed BDT2.5 ($0.03) per load, making up to $5 a day. The coal is used in the brick factories that are in and around the capital. The bricks are in turn used in the construction industry.
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  • Dhaka has a population exceeding 14 millions inhabitants.The population is growing at an estimated rate of 4.2% per year, one of the highest rates amongst Asian cities. It is also the densest megacity in the world. According to Far Eastern Economic Review, Dhaka will become a home of 25 million people by the year 2025.
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  • A glamorous looking lady crosses the Buriganga river on a taxi boat, sheltering herself from the sun under an umbrella. The Buriganga river is one of the most polluted rivers in Bangladesh. A World Bank study said four major rivers near Dhaka - the Buriganga, Shitalakhya, Turag and Balu - receive 1.5 million cubic metres of waste water every day from 7,000 industrial units in surrounding areas and another 0.5 million cubic meters from other sources. Chemicals such as cadmium and chromium, and other elements such as mercury carried by the industrial waste are also creeping into the ground water, posing a serious threat to public health.
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  • Dhaka has a population exceeding 14 millions inhabitants.The population is growing at an estimated rate of 4.2% per year, one of the highest rates amongst Asian cities. It is also the densest megacity in the world. According to Far Eastern Economic Review, Dhaka will become a home of 25 million people by the year 2025.
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  • People walk across the construction site of the Hatirjheel canal project in the heart of Dhaka.<br />
The main objectives of the project is to drain out stagnant water from the city quickly during rainy season as well as beautifying the city. The project involves 300 acres of fresh water lake/canal, improved sewerage system, a ring road and bridges to help reducing traffic jam in the city as well as recreation facilities and parks. A consequence of the project was the eviction of thousand of people living in slums in and around the area.
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  • Men in the coal area of Gabtoli in Dhaka. Workers offload coal by hand from ships moored on the river. They get payed BDT2.5 ($0.03) per load, making up to $5 a day. The coal  is then taken by trucks to be used in the brick factories that are in and around the capital. The bricks are in turn used in the construction industry.
    Dhaka_09.jpg
  • Workers in Keraniganj shipyard work on repairing a ship. The dockyards employ over 15,000 workers, some underaged, with salaries often below $5 a day; they break down massive shipping vessels as well as create new ships from the parts. Most of the workers come from the rural parts of Bangladesh to work in underpaid, harsh and dangerous conditions.
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  • Workers in Keraniganj shipyard work on repairing a ship. The dockyards employ over 15,000 workers, some underaged, with salaries often below $5 a day; they break down massive shipping vessels as well as create new ships from the parts. Most of the workers come from the rural parts of Bangladesh to work in underpaid, harsh and dangerous conditions.
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  • Workers in Keraniganj gather around a pile of metal that they have collected. The dockyards employ over 15,000 workers, some underaged, with salaries often below $5 a day; they break down massive shipping vessels as well as create new ships from the parts. Most of the workers come from the rural parts of Bangladesh to work in underpaid, harsh and dangerous conditions.
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  • Karail slum started to be settled at the end of the 1970s, mostly by people who came to Dhaka in search of work and had nowhere to live.<br />
Today, it is estimated to have 200,000 residents, many working in the various industries around the capital or as rickshaw pullers. The slum is located on the edges of the Gulshan-Bannani Lake, on the edge of the wealthy district of Gulshan. Karail residents faced many issues in regards to water and sanitation including the illicit appropriation of public water points by gangs in order to racket the people who depend on it for their daily supply.
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  • A boy spear fishes in the Hatirjheel lake in the heart of Dhaka.<br />
The main objectives of the project is to drain out stagnant water from the city quickly during rainy season as well as beautifying the city. The project involves 300 acres of fresh water lake/canal, improved sewerage system, a ring road and bridges to help reducing traffic jam in the city as well as recreation facilities and parks. A consequence of the project was the eviction of thousand of people living in slums in and around the area.
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  • Local boat transport on the Gulshan-Bannani Lake, which take people to and from Karail, Dhaka’s largest and longest standing slum. Karail slum started to be settled at the end of the 1970s, mostly by people who came to Dhaka in search of work and had nowhere to live.<br />
Today, it is estimated to have 200,000 residents, many working in the various industries around the capital or as rickshaw pullers. The slum is located on the edges of the Gulshan-Bannani Lake, on the edge of the wealthy district of Gulshan. Karail residents are faced with many issues in regards to water and sanitation including the illicit appropriation of public water points by gangs in order to racket the people who depend on it for their daily supply.
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  • A boy runs through an alley in Karail slum. The slum is estimated to have 200,000 residents, many working in the various industries around the capital.
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  • On the bank of the Buriganga river, the wholesale fruits and vegetable market. The Buriganga river is one of the most polluted rivers in Bangladesh. A World Bank study said four major rivers near Dhaka - the Buriganga, Shitalakhya, Turag and Balu - receive 1.5 million cubic metres of waste water every day from 7,000 industrial units in surrounding areas and another 0.5 million cubic meters from other sources. Chemicals such as cadmium and chromium, and other elements such as mercury carried by the industrial waste are also creeping into the ground water, posing a serious threat to public health.
    Dhaka_18.jpg
  • The Buriganga river is now one of the most polluted rivers in Bangladesh due to dumping of industrial and human waste. A World Bank study said four major rivers near Dhaka -- the Buriganga, Shitalakhya, Turag and Balu -- receive 1.5 million cubic metres of waste water every day from 7,000 industrial units in surrounding areas and another 0.5 million cubic meters from other sources. "The pollutants have eaten up all oxygen in the Buriganga and we call it biologically dead. It is like a septic tank," said Khawaja Minnatullah, a World Bank specialist on environment and water management."There is no fish or aquatic life in this river apart from zero oxygen survival kind of organisms." Chemicals such as cadmium and chromium, and other elements such as mercury carried by the industrial waste are also creeping into the ground water, posing a serious threat to public health.
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  • A boy climbs on a metal scaffolding structure in Keraniganj shipyard. The dockyards employ over 15,000 workers, some underaged, with salaries often below $5 a day; they break down massive shipping vessels as well as create new ships from the parts. Most of the workers come from the rural parts of Bangladesh to work in underpaid, harsh and dangerous conditions.
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  • People scavenge through garbage in Hazaribagh, the tannery area of Dhaka.
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  • A girl crosses a stream of effluent on a makeshift bridge in Hazaribagh, the tannery area of Dhaka.
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  • A man works on the process of making gelatin in Hazaribagh, the tannery area of Dhaka.
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  • The Sadarghat River Boat Terminal on the Buriganga is one of the largest river ports in the world. According to the officials at the terminal an average of 30,000 people use the terminal for departure and arrival every day. Dhaka is one of the cities with the highest population growth in the world (3.6% per annum). About a third of the population is poor. Millions live in slums. Yet iy still attracts large amount of people coming from rural areas of Bangladesh in hope of a better future.
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