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Childhood in the shadow of pollution

Nestled alongside the once pristine Buriganga River, Kamrangirchar grapples with an environmental crisis that weighs heaviest on its youngest residents. Living a life suffocated by pollution, the children of Kamrangirchar spend their days playing in heaps of waste and debris.

A child swings from a rope tied to an electric pole near the iron bridge in Kamrangirchar, as heaps of garbage float in the polluted waters of the Buriganga River below.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A child swings from a rope tied to an electric pole near the iron bridge in Kamrangirchar, as heaps of garbage float in the polluted waters of the Buriganga River below.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A child swings from a rope tied to an electric pole near the iron bridge in Kamrangirchar, as heaps of garbage float in the polluted waters of the Buriganga River below.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A child swings from a rope tied to an electric pole near the iron bridge in Kamrangirchar, as heaps of garbage float in the polluted waters of the Buriganga River below.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
As winter sets in and water levels drop, the extent of pollution becomes starkly visible in the Kamrangirchar area. Despite the pollution, young children play around in the area, swinging from ropes tied to electric poles along the riverbanks of the Buriganga River.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
As winter sets in and water levels drop, the extent of pollution becomes starkly visible in the Kamrangirchar area. Despite the pollution, young children play around in the area, swinging from ropes tied to electric poles along the riverbanks of the Buriganga River.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Children enjoy their time on a Merry Go Round in Dhaka’s Kamringarchar area, nestled along the banks of the soot black waters of the Buriganga River.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Children enjoy their time on a Merry Go Round in Dhaka’s Kamringarchar area, nestled along the banks of the soot black waters of the Buriganga River.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Children enjoy their time on a Merry Go Round in Dhaka’s Kamringarchar area, nestled along the banks of the soot black waters of the Buriganga River.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Children enjoy their time on a Merry Go Round in Dhaka’s Kamringarchar area, nestled along the banks of the soot black waters of the Buriganga River.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Children spin on a mini Ferris wheel amid all the pollution on the riverbank of the Buriganga River. There is no playground or entertainment centre for children living in the Kamrangirchar area.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Children spin on a mini Ferris wheel amid all the pollution on the riverbank of the Buriganga River. There is no playground or entertainment centre for children living in the Kamrangirchar area.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A mini-Ferris wheel has been set up for children's entertainment in an unhygienic environment on the riverbank of Kamrangirchar’s Ashrafabad area.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A mini-Ferris wheel has been set up for children's entertainment in an unhygienic environment on the riverbank of Kamrangirchar’s Ashrafabad area.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Children enjoy their time on a Merry Go Round in Dhaka’s Kamringarchar area, nestled along the banks of the soot black waters of the Buriganga River.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Children enjoy their time on a Merry Go Round in Dhaka’s Kamringarchar area, nestled along the banks of the soot black waters of the Buriganga River.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Children enjoy their time on a Merry Go Round in Dhaka’s Kamringarchar area, nestled along the banks of the soot black waters of the Buriganga River.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Children enjoy their time on a Merry Go Round in Dhaka’s Kamringarchar area, nestled along the banks of the soot black waters of the Buriganga River.Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

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