August 15, 2010
The river Buriganga is about to die.
Leather industry in Bangladesh is one of the most profitable and significantly important sectors no doubt. It is the fourth largest foreign exchange earner of the country contributing about six per cent of total export earnings. At the first sight, it may be viewed as one of the most promising and contributing sectors in the economy. The economic benefit produced by the tannery industry to the economy as well to our society can be measured, but the damage made by this industry to the environment as well as to the society cannot be measured by any scale. Read more...
August 6, 2010
Sharonkhola,Bagerhat is a severely Cyclone SIDR,2007 affected area of the country. An indigenous community named Cobbler is living at the river side of the Bhaloshor River which became very furious during the time of cyclone. As they are lower cast people so normally general people don’t come to them and mix with them. They were seriously affected by the cyclone SIDR but they don’t got any house from any donor because they have no land for their own. Each and every family is a very low income family. Their husbands are repair shows which are reducing day by day. Female members of the family are trying to earn some money by sewing warm cloths and doing work outside. Although their income is small but they were happy with their small income. Read more...
March 24, 2010
Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh: Farmers had begun to thresh their paddy in Nachol by mid-May. The harvest, they said was good and the dry weather had in fact been helpful for the boro paddy. But the dry midday heat was stifling and unlike the humid weather typical of most of the other areas of Bangladesh in general. The dry weather had persisted for long as many a farmer agreed. The land is all hard now and without a few days of rain we will not be able to plant anyway, says Naresh Mardi, , a 60 years old farmer from Benipur, Nachol, Chapainawabganj and also a member of an ethnic minority group. He adds laughingly, And if it rained the boro harvest might not have been this good. Either way it will be bad. But now that we have cut the paddy from the fields, we will be hoping for some rain soon. Read more...
February 9, 2010
Khulna, Bangladesh : “I saw little rain at first as usual and I did not care about this rainfall. After sometimes, I realized huge wind and storm. We faced Aila suddenly without any weather forecasting. Everybody was running on the road of Obdah to save life. The road sank into water .Many parents have lost their children because of flow tide of river at the time of Aila. I went to the building near to our house with my family to take shelter. Many people took shelter on boats and trollers. I had a house but I have lost it in Aila. Now, I am living beside the road.”. This is the voice of 30 years old climate victim Anowara Khatun of Koyera Upazila in Khulna district about the situation of Aila. She lives in Modinabag just beside the road and she is a witness of Aila. Read more...
Tags: Aila, Climate Change, Climate victim, KhulnaClimate victim
February 8, 2010
Morshad, Khulna
: “Before Aila I was a beggar. But now I am totally dependent on relief with my family. I am not suitable for begging now. Before Aila, I was living beside the road and now I am living on this terminal of Kopotakkho Nod. I am very poor. I had a tiny house and I have lost it because of Aila”. This is the voice of climate victim Morshad Gazi of Koyera in Khulna. His age is almost 75 and he lives just beside the Kopotakkho Nod with his family.
He told about the situation of Aila ,“I saw rain at first as usual and I did not care about this. After sometimes, I realized huge wind and storm. We faced Aila suddenly without any weather forecasting. Everybody was running on the road of Obdah to save life. The road sank into water .Many parents have lost their children because of flow tide of river at the time of Aila. My house sank in to water immediately”. Read more...
Tags: Aila, Climate Change, Climate victim, KhulnaClimate victim
