Images tagged "hazaribagh"

A worker closes a large barrel filled with hides and chemicals, used for the tanning process at a tannery in Hazaribagh, Dhaka.
In Hazaribagh, a part of western Dhaka reknowned for its tanneries, several workers scrape the chemicaly dissolved fatty layers from the hides with specially designed knives.
The remains of processed and colourfully dyed leather lie at the edge of the street in Hazaribagh, the quarter of Dhaka known for its tanneries.
A contributory to the River Buriganga in Hazaribagh, Dhaka, is littered with rubbish and the remains of leather. According to a report by the Blacksmiths Institue of New York in 2013, Hazaribagh is the fifth most polluted area in the world.