Children play outside their home that has been turned into a large dumpsite by waste from leather industries in Hazaribagh area near Buriganga river in Dhaka.
Most industries based in urban area in Bangladesh pollute environment but leather tanneries probably do the worst damage. Hazaribagh, Dhaka?s leather processing zone, is right in the middle of one of the most densely populated residential area. About 194 leather processing industries operate here and freely dump untreated toxic wastes directly to the low-lying areas, river and natural canals. The pollution is seriously affecting the livelihood thousands of people, bringing it to brink of an environmental disaster
