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Rivers don’t live anymore, they merely exist. They exist as relics of their halcyon days when rivers were truly wild, mysterious, free or as a character in their own story, as told through poetry and music.
The 22-kilometre-long Mayur river, which used to flow through the western side of Khulna city while being a source of fresh water for locals, is now on its deathbed.
Candidates for the 12th parliamentary elections have put up a large number of laminated and polythene-coated posters in many areas across the six constituencies of Khulna, posing an environmental threat.