Laundrymen on the Buriganga banks

Many people still depend on Buriganga river for their livelihood even though its water has turned black from mindless pollution. There was no problem with washing clothes in the river when the water was clean 20 years ago. Md Rahman, who has been working as a laundryman on the banks of the river for more than 20 years, washes clothes there ignoring concerns about the use of the dirty water. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi