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Brick Kilns in Khulna’s Dumuria: United they kill rivers Rows of unbaked bricks and large holes dug for brick processing in a grabbed part of the Bhadra river near Kharnia bridge in Dumuria upazila of Khulna. Several local influential people, including elected public representatives, run brick kilns that have occupied the land of the river. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Collected The Bhadra, once a free-flowing river in Khulna's Dumuria upazila, has been turned into a narrow canal over the years, thanks to encroachment by brick kilns run by local influentials, including elected repr...

Up to sun down. but these laborers take home no wage. they are working off a debt. they are bonded laborers, bound to those who gave them an advance or a loan. human rights advocates say the practice is illegal and call them india's modern slaves. >> translator: i cannot leave here unless i pay my debt. >> reporter: she tells me she has no idea when that will be. the workers here tell us generally here's how it works. a contractor shows up promising them work and giving them a little advance money. then they're taken to a place they've never been to and told when they get here they have to wor...