Drainage

Heavy rainfall in Azimpur leaves city dwellers wading through waist-deep water on rickshaws and vans on Friday. Parts of Dhaka were submerged after 130mm of rain fell in just 6 hours. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Urbanisation

Dhaka's drainage master plan stalled for 8 years, new plans underway

Since Dhaka Wasa transferred 26 canals and drains to Dhaka's two city corporations on 31 December 2020, neither has taken action based on the drainage master plan

A factory presents a tumbledown look at the Naogaon Bscic Industrial Estate which is grappling with several challenges. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Khorshed Alam
Bangladesh

Gas crisis, poor drainage push Naogaon BSCIC Industrial Estate to brink

Huge drainage renovation can’t save Sylhet from even a little rain
Bangladesh

Huge drainage renovation can’t save Sylhet from even a little rain

File photo of DNCC Mayor Md Atiqul Islam
Bangladesh

Strict measures against sewage lines emptying into surface drainage: Mayor Atiq

Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin
Bangladesh

Drains or death traps?

A boy walks past a truck in Aminbazar landfill in Savar. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Dhaka landfills in disarray

An excavator pulls out garbage from the bottom of Uttara Lake in the capital. The photo was taken at sector 10 recently. Photo: Mumit M
Bangladesh

Wasa investment to solve waterlogging goes down the drain

A 36km drain for Tk473 crore
Infrastructure

A 36km drain for Tk473 crore

Chattogram Wasa pours 40 billion litres of water down the drain yearly
Infrastructure

Chattogram Wasa pours 40 billion litres of water down the drain yearly