Ashkar Dighi Finally Gets Cleaned Up In Ctg City
The centuries-old Ashkar Dighi has retrieved its previous look following a recent clean-up operation by the Chittagong City Corporation. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
Because of its entire surface being thickly covered with water hyacinths, the large pond in Jamal Khan area hardly seemed to be a water body earlier, and could be easily mistaken for a huge playground, The environmentalists had long been clamouring for cleaning the pond, but the drive was not launched until a 10-year-old schoolboy drowned in it in June. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
Children playfully swim in the clean water yesterday. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das
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