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Sylhet city littered with wastes Shortage of dustbins blamed [1]

Shortage of dustbins forces the people in Sylhet city to dump wastes into canals, drains and road-sides, polluting environment and posing threat to public health.
Not a single dustbin has been installed in the city after Sylhet district town was upgraded into the city corporation about a decade ago, according to statistics available with the corporation.

Publication Date: 
03/04/2009
Zaman Monir [2]
New Age (Bangladesh) [3]
Tags:
Health [4], Solid Waste [5], Bangladesh [6]
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