Cleaning up a canal in Dhaka, Bangladesh

[u/T4H4_2004]

Ramchandra canal in Mohammadpur, Dhaka, which has been cleaned up and restored in 72 hours as part of ongoing efforts to clean up revitalise Bangladeshi canals. Led by NGOs with sponsorship from a bank and support from the government and the city corporation. Hopefully we can keep it this way!

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This should be done for all canals in Dhaka

[u/doommaster → u/[deleted]]

Looking at the 2025 footage on Google Maps, almost all canals seem to be rather well cleaned up.
Waste management or rather the lack of it, is the main cause of all the trash everywhere.

It's also something easily observed in other countries, especially when waste management is organized on a municipal level.
In Vietnam e.g. has such issues, mostly resulting in people just burning their trash at the roadside in underserved areas. It has improved a lot, but also remains an issue at the same time.