People collect polythenes from a massive net on the bank of the Buriganga River that is rife with plastics, smokes, garbage, harmful chemicals and other waste raw materials being mingled with water eventually becoming poisonous and black which pollutes the environment. The photo was taken from the city's Islambagh area on Sunday

Bangladesh, Aug. 10 -- People collect polythenes from a massive net on the bank of the Buriganga River that is rife with plastics, smokes, garbage, harmful chemicals and other waste raw materials being mingled with water eventually becoming poisonous and black which pollutes the environment. The photo was taken from the city's Islambagh area on Sunday

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