River erosion occurs due to heavy rainfall and bad weather. Bangladesh is a land of many rivers. There are 310 rivers mentioned in Bangladesh Statistics Year. The river is the lifeblood of this country. Again, this river often brings destruction. That is why another name of Padma is Kirtinasha. The stream that flows through the river not only fills the fields with crops on the way but also often destroys the surrounding fields. River erosion is a silent killer. There is no benefit in polluting the river.
The rivers of our country are almost crooked. The incidence of breakage is also high for him. Some of the lands that are broken down are collected on the other side of the river, creating chars. Some remain in the river. This reduces the water capacity of the river. The rest fell into the sea due to the current. As a result, char or island grows in the estuary. A large part of the territory of Bangladesh is being formed in this way, which we call delta or delta. The river will bite the soil by biting its banks, this is normal behavior of the river but it is absolutely painful for the victim. How many people are losing their homes and farmland in the river every year, how much do we keep track of it? A few months. Two to three lakh people are victims of river erosion every year. This time one-third of the poorest join the ranks. A large part of them lost their ancestral lands, lost all means of employment, and flocked to small and big cities. This is how slums were formed. Every slum family has a tragic history. The city may be bulldozed to clean up the slums, but none of us will escape the curse of these unfortunate people.
Especially if we add the calculation of the breakage of the Meghna, it will be more terrible. When we hear the advanced forecast of cyclones and tidal waves, we sit a little shaken. But our state, government, and socialists do not seem to care much about the daily problem of river erosion.I have some experience in this regard in my professional work. In the nineties, the flood action plan was being implemented all over the country. I was involved in this work for several years as part of the ‘Northeast Survey’. In the southern pastures, I saw thousands of families somehow living on the embankment with a thatched shed and bamboo fence.
How a well-to-do family becomes proletarian overnight. Talking to a family affected by river erosion, one can understand this silent process of poverty. There are victims of river erosion in many countries of the world. Western countries do not have such wide and wild rivers as our country. Whatever it is, they have both the ability and the technology to save the river.
Now the question of crores of rupees is, is it possible to prevent river erosion in our country? In our country, attempts are made to deal with disasters by constructing earthen dams on the banks of rivers. Our experience is that dams are not as effective in preventing flooding as they are in preventing river erosion.
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