Flood-flow zones, crucial for maintaining Dhaka’s ecological balance, are rapidly vanishing, leaving the city increasingly vulnerable to waterlogging, loss of groundwater recharge, and potential flooding.
Before the construction of the beribadh in the early 1990s, the nameless water body was part of the overflow zone of the Turag River.
Flood-flow zones, crucial for maintaining Dhaka’s ecological balance, are rapidly vanishing, leaving the city increasingly vulnerable to waterlogging, loss of groundwater recharge, and potential flooding.
Before the construction of the beribadh in the early 1990s, the nameless water body was part of the overflow zone of the Turag River.
