Millions of cubic meters of sewage and industrial and house hold waste fall into the Balu River. Residents including children of Trimohoni area have to cross the dangerously polluted Balu river by the boat to go about their daily chores, as boats are the only transports connection them with the rest of the world. Dhaka June 2009 © Monirul Alam
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MONIRUL ALAM 
It’s troubling that we still and will continue to have basic problems like this in the world when we already know how many negative side effects there are.