Kazi Mobarak Hossain,
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Published: 24 Jan 2021 03:41 AM BdST
Updated: 24 Jan 2021 09:15 AM BdST Dholaikhal, once the host of boat races, is having a near-death experience now. Can it be restored? A view of Dholaikhal in 1970. Photo courtesy of Mohammad Ezaz, chairman of River and Delta Research Centre Only five percent of the canal, excavated in the early 17th century, is visible now.
With the densely set up homes and shops, Dholaikhal is one of the busiest neighbourhoods of Old Dhaka, but the canal after which the area is named is no more there. );
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Only five percent of the canal, excavated in the early 17th century by Islam Khan, the first Mughal Subedar of Dhaka, is visible now. Encroachment, garbage dumping and an apparent lack of planning have slowly but surely made it disappear.