Rotten onion dumped into rivers, landfills!

Sacks of rotten onion, from Khatunganj wholesale market in Chattogram, have been dumped into the Karnaphuli River and its adjacent landfills amid the skyrocketing price hike of the essential cooking ingredient across the country.

Cleaning workers of Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) cleaned up some 20 tons of rotten onion from different landfills, adjacent to Khatunganj wholesale market in the port city on Thursday.

On Saturday, some sacks of rotten onions were noticed abandoned at the Khatunganj wholesale hub too, according to media reports.

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