Shitalakkha River

Lauti, a local canal that flows down to Khiru River, has pitch-black water with an oozing, horrid odour from the liquid waste of local factories. Photo: Mehedi Hasan.
Panorama

How Bhaluka factories are damaging rivers - from Khiru to Shitalakshya

We travelled around 30 kilometres across three upazilas (two in Mymensingh and one in Gazipur) to see the extent of Bhaluka factories’ damage to the rivers and its people

Industrial effluent of a textile dyeing factory is discharged into the Shitalakshya River in Narayanganj’s Kanchpur. Factories on both sides are continuously polluting the river by discharging untreated chemicals killing the river. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Environment

Shitalakshya: Watching a river die

Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Shitalakkhya launch capsize: Death toll rises to 7

5 bodies recovered as launch capsizes in Shitalakshya. Photo/TBS
Bangladesh

5 bodies recovered as launch capsizes in Shitalakshya