Nearly a thousand families on the bank of the Padma river in Daulatdia union under Rajbari’s Goalanda upazila are passing days in fear of erosion.
There are plentiful cases of land-grabbing and violence for control over new char or khas land in the country.
There was a time when coconut, palm, tamarisk, and mangrove trees swayed with the winds on Kuakata Beach. Their tall trunks guarded the shore-dwellers against the wrath of natural calamities.
Hundreds of students of Mathbari Union High School in Jhalakathi are under the threat of losing their school to the erosion of the Bishkhali river.
With water level dropping, erosion of the Pungli river in Kalihati has taken a serious turn at Hinnaipara Fatikjani, threatening Pungli
Despite the construction of embankments and barriers in some areas, storms, strong currents and tides regularly wreak havoc on the Bangladeshi coastline.
With water level going down in the Jamuna, erosion has damaged a portion of the village protection embankment on the eastern side
With water level going down in the Jamuna, erosion has damaged a portion of the village protection embankment on the eastern side
