Pollution in Buriganga River in Bangladesh on World Water Day

DHAKA, BANGLADESH - MARCH 15: Children from slums play cricket on garbage on the Buriganga river fulfilled by plastic waste in the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh on March 15, 2021. The chemical waste from mills and factories, household waste eventually pollutes the Buriganga River miserable, which is crucial to Dhaka's ecosystem. Thousands of people depend on the river daily for bathing, washing clothes, irrigation of food and transportation of goods. The river has suffered extreme biodiversity loss and has turned narrow. A large part of the Buriganga River has turned pitch-black with toxic waste, oil, and chemicals flowing into it from industrial units. According to the recent data, about 1.16 million cubic meters of sewage gets to the city rivers every day through sewerage lines and canals and about 260,000 cubic meters of solid waste as well as around 400 drains and sewerage lines flow into he rivers around the capital city daily. The waste and excrement from the passengers of millions of sail ships are disposed directly into the river water. Thousands of people living on the banks of the river are suffering from skin diseases, typhoid, jaundice, or hepatitis.