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No water, only waste-even in Monsoon

Once a major source of water, the Shubhadda Canal in Keraniganj, Dhaka, is barely a canal anymore. Instead of fresh water, nearly half of the 7-km long canal is overflowing with waste. Even in the middle of heavy rain, the canal is chock-full of plastic waste. The regular dumping of garment and market scraps is slowly turning it into a landfill.

In the capital’s South Keraniganj, the area around the twin bridges of Shubhadda Canal contains the highest amount of plastic waste. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
In the capital’s South Keraniganj, the area around the twin bridges of Shubhadda Canal contains the highest amount of plastic waste. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
In South Keraniganj’s Shubhadda Canal, the plastic waste is piled on so thick that people can easily walk across it. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
In South Keraniganj’s Shubhadda Canal, the plastic waste is piled on so thick that people can easily walk across it. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Piles of garbage near the twin bridges of the Shubhadda Canal in Dhaka’s South Keraniganj. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Piles of garbage near the twin bridges of the Shubhadda Canal in Dhaka’s South Keraniganj. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
People are walking over the Shubhadda Canal, where the waste has built up over time. The layer of plastic waste is thick enough for people to walk over it. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
People are walking over the Shubhadda Canal, where the waste has built up over time. The layer of plastic waste is thick enough for people to walk over it. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
People are walking over the Shubhadda Canal, where the waste has built up over time. The layer of plastic waste is thick enough for people to walk over it. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
People are walking over the Shubhadda Canal, where the waste has built up over time. The layer of plastic waste is thick enough for people to walk over it. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
People are walking over the Shubhadda Canal, where the waste has built up over time. The layer of plastic waste is thick enough for people to walk over it. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
People are walking over the Shubhadda Canal, where the waste has built up over time. The layer of plastic waste is thick enough for people to walk over it. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Despite heavy rain, locals say they have not seen the canal flowing in years. Instead, two women are seen walking across a mound of garbage in Shubhadda Canal in the capital’s South Keraniganj. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Despite heavy rain, locals say they have not seen the canal flowing in years. Instead, two women are seen walking across a mound of garbage in Shubhadda Canal in the capital’s South Keraniganj. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A woman walks across the piles of plastic waste in Shubhadda Canal in Dhaka’s South Keraniganj, while carrying food in the rain. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A woman walks across the piles of plastic waste in Shubhadda Canal in Dhaka’s South Keraniganj, while carrying food in the rain. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A footpath runs alongside the Shubhadda Canal in South Keraniganj, but the waste has piled up so high that in some places, it reaches the waist and even the chest of the person walking.
A footpath runs alongside the Shubhadda Canal in South Keraniganj, but the waste has piled up so high that in some places, it reaches the waist and even the chest of the person walking.
A footpath runs alongside the Shubhadda Canal in South Keraniganj, but the waste has piled up so high that in some places, it reaches the waist and even the chest of the person walking. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A footpath runs alongside the Shubhadda Canal in South Keraniganj, but the waste has piled up so high that in some places, it reaches the waist and even the chest of the person walking. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The waste is so densely packed in the Shubhadda Canal in Dhaka’s South Keraniganj that a man is carrying his cycle across it. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The waste is so densely packed in the Shubhadda Canal in Dhaka’s South Keraniganj that a man is carrying his cycle across it. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

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Published : 21 May 2025, 04:37 AM

Updated : 21 Aug 2026, 05:54 PM

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