Sand for Cities, Death for Rivers: A Hidden Threat to Rural Survival
Near the banks of Bangladesh’s mighty rivers — the Padma, the Jamuna, and the Meghna — giant dredgers roar day and night. Barges overloaded with sand leave trails of churned-up water behind them. The sand they carry will soon become the skeleton of new cities, highways, and industrial zones. But for the villages clinging to…