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Daredevil Olympic divers in the making?

Teenagers with a penchant for risk-taking are often found making risky dives from the top of bridges or high-voltage power supply towers to the Hatirjheel lake in Dhaka on rainy days.

Some teens are spotted climbing the high-voltage power supply tower on Hatirjheel lake to make dives into the water on Tuesday, Sept 6, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Some teens are spotted climbing the high-voltage power supply tower on Hatirjheel lake to make dives into the water on Tuesday, Sept 6, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Some teens are spotted climbing the high-voltage power supply tower on Hatirjheel lake to make dives into the water on Tuesday, Sept 6, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Some teens are spotted climbing the high-voltage power supply tower on Hatirjheel lake to make dives into the water on Tuesday, Sept 6, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The moment when these daredevils make the dive into the water of Hatirjheel lake from the high-voltage power supply tower on Tuesday, Sept 6, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The moment when these daredevils make the dive into the water of Hatirjheel lake from the high-voltage power supply tower on Tuesday, Sept 6, 2022. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
These teens identified themselves as school and Islamic seminary students in Dhaka’s Rampura area, and live in the nearby Bagichartec slum, adjacent to the Rampura Mahanagar Housing project. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
These teens identified themselves as school and Islamic seminary students in Dhaka’s Rampura area, and live in the nearby Bagichartec slum, adjacent to the Rampura Mahanagar Housing project. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
These teens identified themselves as school and Islamic seminary students in Dhaka’s Rampura area, and live in the nearby Bagichartec slum, adjacent to the Rampura Mahanagar Housing project. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
These teens identified themselves as school and Islamic seminary students in Dhaka’s Rampura area, and live in the nearby Bagichartec slum, adjacent to the Rampura Mahanagar Housing project. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
These teens identified themselves as school and Islamic seminary students in Dhaka’s Rampura area, and live in the nearby Bagichartec slum, adjacent to the Rampura Mahanagar Housing project. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
These teens identified themselves as school and Islamic seminary students in Dhaka’s Rampura area, and live in the nearby Bagichartec slum, adjacent to the Rampura Mahanagar Housing project. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Diving from the bridge or high-voltage power supply towers has become a ritual for these risk-takers on rainy days. Most of these teenagers learned how to swim in the waters of Hatirjheel lake. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Diving from the bridge or high-voltage power supply towers has become a ritual for these risk-takers on rainy days. Most of these teenagers learned how to swim in the waters of Hatirjheel lake. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Diving from the bridge or high-voltage power supply towers has become a ritual for these risk-takers on rainy days. Most of these teenagers learned how to swim in the waters of Hatirjheel lake. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Diving from the bridge or high-voltage power supply towers has become a ritual for these risk-takers on rainy days. Most of these teenagers learned how to swim in the waters of Hatirjheel lake. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

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Published : 06 Sep 2022, 05:48 PM

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