The Manda canal has turned into a dumping ground with the flow of water blocked. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Encroachers have used wooden boards and bamboos to build a slum over the Manda canal at Sukh Nagar in Dhaka’s Mugda. Photo: Asif Mahmud OveLow-income people live in shanties built with boards and bamboos over the Manda canal at Sukh Nagar in Dhaka’s Mugda. Photo: Asif Mahmud OveA man collects plastics from garbage dumped into the Manda canal at Sukh Nagar in Dhaka’s Mugda. Photo: Asif Mahmud OvePeople use bamboo bridges to cross the garbage-filled Manda canal in Dhaka. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove