A young boy in is seen here trying to cross a bridge made out of bending green branches knotted together. The bridge is built on raw sewage drain.
A mis-step by the boy can cause more than physical damage. Note the smiling tamaash-been (spectators) on both sides.
The photo was taken in Larkana on October 2, 2009.
Photo Credits: Nadeem Akhtar at Associated Press of Pakistan.
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risking his life to frolic over raw sewage. Very unappetizing.
But if you didn’t know it was raw sewage, it looks like a lovely shaded canal and a bucolic small town. Mango orchards around Multan are also very beautiful. Lots of pretty places in Pakistan.
living in the times of the “bum bomber” they would rather a dunk in the poop than the entrails…
Jee hain,
these youngsters are sure “challenge`ing” destiny ,
-or at least N.Vestibulocochlearis and the Cerebellum as well as faculty of Vision.
All seem to be intact , otherwise there is a gratis washing of clothes, without Ami`Jaans help.
And there might be a ` besoin de sterilization´ after such contact with water and flora d` Sewage.
All in all I think the young men ought to be advised regarding this rather potential contamination posibility.
Kids are just playing, a dangerous game though. You can notice a relatively better bridge in background a few feet away.
the smiling ones are not the criminals. Criminals are not in this picture because they were attending joint session of parliament.
They have made a ‘Puliya’ (small bridge) a smaller version of pul (bridge) found commonly in all small towns and in some suburbs of big cities built over raw sewage drains.