Baunia

Baunia

An excavator removes waste from the Baunia canal in Dhaka, which stretches about 7.2 km from Mirpur-13 before merging with the Turag River in Uttara, recently. City corporation officials say given the current situation, apart from cleaning the waste from the canal, it is not possible to demolish or remove illegal structures. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam

Recovering Dhaka’s canals from encroachers won’t be easy – Baunia canal shows why

The canal, known as the Baunia Canal, stretches about 7.2 km before merging with the Turag River in Uttara

Children play on a playground in the capital’s Bauniabadh area which was previously used by locals as a garbage dumping ground. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam/TBS

Dumping ground made into playground in less than a month

Courtesy: Trust Green City

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