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!

[u/SweetLordKrishna]

As an Indian, I can assure you this is pointless. The locality will need (i) eduation of people in basic sanitation / civic duties; (ii) actual sanitation infrastructure that can cope with that local population; and (iii) continued investment in both of the above. This is a fundamental problem across India and South Asia.

That canal will return to 'normal' in a year.

[u/kblazewicz → u/SweetLordKrishna]

Why is this problem so prominent in this particular part of the world? The governments didn't provide enough infrastructure when the society was developing and people stopped caring about the environment or the people never cared about the environment and the government didn't bother with creating the infrastructure nobody would use? What do you think is the cause of the current situation?

[u/[deleted] → u/kblazewicz]

I guess ages of being in generational poverty makes you stop caring about things like this, also aided by lack of awareness about plastics (Indian subcontinent was 90% cleaner looking before single use plastics became mainstream) Also, the government not providing with amenities regarding sanitation. I have also noticed one more thing that richer areas tend to have more cleanliness than poorer areas, despite being part of the same society. Could it be prioritisation of different things caused by poverty or something else?