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Playground occupied for papaya cultivation

A field located between Block D and E of Mirpur 12 in Dhaka was once a children’s playground and a place for leisure and recreation for the locals. The park under the North City Corporation is now locked as local influential people are using it to grow papaya for business. Some have also set up shops. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

Local influential people have developed a papaya orchard in a large part of the enclosed Dhaka North City Corporation park between Block D and E of Mirpur 12. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Local influential people have developed a papaya orchard in a large part of the enclosed Dhaka North City Corporation park between Block D and E of Mirpur 12. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
The entrances of four out of five parts of the nearly half-a-kilometre-long park of Dhaka North City Corporation between Block D and E of Mirpur 12 remain locked. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
The entrances of four out of five parts of the nearly half-a-kilometre-long park of Dhaka North City Corporation between Block D and E of Mirpur 12 remain locked. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
People do not have access to the park except for a walkway as local influential people have built a bamboo fence to grow papaya. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
People do not have access to the park except for a walkway as local influential people have built a bamboo fence to grow papaya. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Children's swings, slides and various rides have become rusty and accumulated dust in the locked park of Dhaka North City Corporation between Block D and E of Mirpur 12. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Children's swings, slides and various rides have become rusty and accumulated dust in the locked park of Dhaka North City Corporation between Block D and E of Mirpur 12. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
The dust has accumulated on the benches of a locked park of Dhaka North City Corporation between Block D and E of Mirpur 12. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
The dust has accumulated on the benches of a locked park of Dhaka North City Corporation between Block D and E of Mirpur 12. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
People have set up shops in two parts of the park of Dhaka North City Corporation between Block D and E of Mirpur 12. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
People have set up shops in two parts of the park of Dhaka North City Corporation between Block D and E of Mirpur 12. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
People have set up shops in two parts of the park of Dhaka North City Corporation between Block D and E of Mirpur 12. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
People have set up shops in two parts of the park of Dhaka North City Corporation between Block D and E of Mirpur 12. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
The bamboo used for construction is kept inside a locked park of Dhaka North City Corporation between Block D and E of Mirpur 12. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
The bamboo used for construction is kept inside a locked park of Dhaka North City Corporation between Block D and E of Mirpur 12. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Construction materials have been kept on the road adjacent to the park of Dhaka North City Corporation between Block D and E of Mirpur 12. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove
Construction materials have been kept on the road adjacent to the park of Dhaka North City Corporation between Block D and E of Mirpur 12. Photo: Asif Mahmud Ove

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Published : 22 Aug 2022, 10:26 PM

Updated : 22 Aug 2022, 10:26 PM

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  • mirpur 12

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