What was once a 150-metre-wide, roaring river is now a shallow, silt-choked channel. The Salta, having lost its navigability, leaves boats stranded at low tide. With water barely reaching knee height at its centre, residents on both sides of the river are now forced to wade across on foot. This waterway, once vital to the lives of thousands, has been reduced to a lifeless stream.
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Children play at their makeshift family home along the right bank of the Ravi River in Lahore, Pakistan, yesterday, following heavy monsoon rains and rising water levels. Punjab officials said floods have claimed at least 20 lives, mostly due to drowning.
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Students under the banner of ‘Engineers’ Rights Movement’ brought out a torch procession in front of the Buet campus in Dhaka yesterday, protesting police action against students during their demonstration on Wednesday. Photo: Star
