Excavate Water Ways

The Water Development Board implements an excavation project on River Dhanshiri in Jhalakathi with a faulty design which provides indemnity to encroachers who have occupied land on both sides of the river that was at least 100 metres wide only two decades ago. Instead of recovering the encroached land on the riverbanks, the river is being excavated like a narrow drain, with 5-7 metres width at the river bottom. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

‘Faulty’ excavation leaves Dhanshiri River dying

Local people said the river is excavated in a way that allows river grabbers to prevail on both sides of it

Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

‘Government working to excavate 10,000 kilometers of waterways’