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Garbage trucks navigate a road flanked by piles of waste, shrouded in white smoke, at the AminBazar landfill, on the outskirts of Dhaka. The city corporation reportedly burns waste to free up space in the exhausted landfill. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam.
Bangladesh

Expired Aminbazar landfill – a growing threat to Dhaka's air, global climate

Representational image. Photo: Saikat Bhadra/TBS
Bangladesh

Waste-to-energy plant being built in Aminbazar at a cost of $300 million

Waterbodies are being illegally filled with sand and soil at many places in Cumilla to erect high rise buildings. Officials say the constructions went ahead without taking prior permission from the Department of Environment. The picture was recently taken from Cumilla’s Chhotora area. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Govt departments destroying Cumilla water bodies

Landfill by occupying hospital's land
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Landfill by occupying hospital's land

The Aminbazar landfill occupies 52 acres but uncontrolled disposal of waste carried from Dhaka city has been polluting air, water and lands of the two villages on the outskirts of the capital in the worst possible way. Photo: Saikat Bhadra
Environment

Aminbazar, the landfill that ruined lives