22 May 2019 (UN Environment)* — When the sun’s first rays hit the green paddy fields in Ghagotpada in northern Bangladesh, fifty-year-old Mafruha is already hard at work in her kitchen. In this impoverished village, her home is a haven, always teeming with other women. While they mingle, Mafruha is whipping up delicacies for her visitors.
Photo by UN Environment/ Prashanthi Subramaniam
Travelling to Ghagotpada, one cannot miss the jarring sight of numerous brick kilns dotting the horizon. As the kilns noisily churn out harmful gases, polluting the air around them, the cramped kitchens of Ghagotpada fill up with smoke. The country is confronting a dire air pollution problem, with air quality index rankings pegging Dhaka as the third most polluted city in the world.
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