Pedestrians scale a high central reservation to cross the Airport Road in the capital’s Khilkhet area. A banner put up at the site states that the footbridge will remain closed from October 17 to 25, for emergency repairs and urges pedestrians to use another footbridge, some hundred yards away. The photo was taken on Sunday. Photo: Palash Khan

The demarcation pillars are meant to mark the boundary of the river. However, illegal establishments have been built beyond these pillars, encroaching on the Buriganga’s land. The photo was taken near the Babu Bazar Bridge in Dhaka recently. Photo: Prabir Das

Although rickshaw-vans are banned on highways, these two are plying the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway, carrying steel rods secured only with a rope -- posing a serious risk to other vehicles. The photo was taken from the Signboard area in Narayanganj yesterday. Photo: Anisur Rahman

Waste being dumped by Savar municipality trucks into a wetland beside the Dhaka-Aricha highway in the Boliapur area. Despite a landfill in Aminbazar nearby, garbage continues to be dumped there. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Palash Khan