Drainage

Drainage

A rickshaw pulls a passenger through chest-deep water after the season’s first downpour leaves many streets in Chattogram waterlogged. The photo was taken on 28 April 2026 from the city’s Prabartak intersection. Photo: Md Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Ctg drainage projects implemented without feasibility study: Experts

Researcher claims 72 canals once existed in Chattogram, most now encroached, narrowed or lost

Chashma Canal in Chattogram is choked with plastic waste and debris. Despite large-scale projects to address waterlogging, waste management remains neglected. Temporary cleaning efforts take place before monsoons, but without a coordinated system, canals and drains continue to be clogged, worsening the city's drainage crisis. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin

Is coordinated waste management the missing piece in Ctg's flood puzzle?

Heavy rainfall in Azimpur leaves city dwellers wading through waist-deep water on rickshaws and vans on Friday. Parts of Dhaka were submerged after 130mm of rain fell in just 6 hours. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Dhaka's drainage master plan stalled for 8 years, new plans underway

A factory presents a tumbledown look at the Naogaon Bscic Industrial Estate which is grappling with several challenges. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Khorshed Alam

Gas crisis, poor drainage push Naogaon BSCIC Industrial Estate to brink

Huge drainage renovation can’t save Sylhet from even a little rain

Huge drainage renovation can’t save Sylhet from even a little rain

File photo of DNCC Mayor Md Atiqul Islam

Strict measures against sewage lines emptying into surface drainage: Mayor Atiq

Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin

Drains or death traps?

A boy walks past a truck in Aminbazar landfill in Savar. The photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS

Dhaka landfills in disarray

An excavator pulls out garbage from the bottom of Uttara Lake in the capital. The photo was taken at sector 10 recently. Photo: Mumit M

Wasa investment to solve waterlogging goes down the drain

A 36km drain for Tk473 crore

A 36km drain for Tk473 crore

Chattogram Wasa pours 40 billion litres of water down the drain yearly

Chattogram Wasa pours 40 billion litres of water down the drain yearly