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Demolition of riverside squats leaves families homeless
Local authorities have demolished 50 huts belonging to squatters on the banks of the Irrawaddy in Mandalay Division.
Mandalay villages’ river water polluted with toxic waste
Fifteen villages in Amarapura have no alternative but to bathe in and drink polluted water due to the release of industrial toxins by factories in the city of Mandalay into the Dokhtawaddy River.
Irrawaddy Dolphins under threat from ‘electrofishing’
The Irrawaddy Dolphins are being threatened with extinction by the practice of "electrofishing", which provides high yields for individual fishers at the expense of the natural environment.
Irrawaddy region’s infrastructure exacerbates flooding
The Irrawaddy region’s parliament may need assistance from the central government to improve faulty infrastructure and provide urgent relief after heavy flooding deluged swathes of central Burma last week
Four killed in Irrawaddy ferry accident
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An excessive amount of weight is said to have caused a ferry to capsize on the Irrawaddy River, leaving at least four dead
Irrawaddy fishermen head for land
Warning to goes out to fishermen off Burma's southern coast as heavy winds threaten to worsen an already fragile situation
