Hazaribagh canal reflects chronic urban mismanagement
THE deplorable condition of the Hazaribagh canal, running through several wards in Dhaka鈥檚 south, is a distressing but unsurprising manifestation of deteriorating urban ecology. A once-functional waterway has been reduced to a choked, festering canal of solid waste. The canal, which connects the Kalunagar sluice gate to the River Buriganga, has not been properly cleaned...