Journalism of Courage
'Water, water everywhere, not a drop to drink' this line by famous English poet Samuel Taylor is sadly the reality for the residents of Sundarban islands. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)
Surrounded by salty waters on all sides, people living in the inhabited islands of the world's largest mangrove forest, getting access to clean drinking water is extremely exhausting. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)
From small children to women, everyone has to walk a long distance and stand in queues to collect water on a specific time, twice a day. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)
While pipes for clean drinking water from far away sub-urban centre was installed , citizens here are still waiting for the water lines to reach their homes instead of common water-tap areas positioned at least one to two kilometres away. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)
Bangladesh and India share the Sundarbans, stretching over an area of 6,017 square kilometers which was declared a Natural World Heritage Site by UNESCO. (Express photo: Shashi Ghosh)
