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Increased vulnerability and misery among coastal belt communities in Bangladesh

Md. Shahidul Islam (Backing from coastal area)

‘’Allah given us danger. So how I keep myself well. You know very well that it is not possible for a poor women to run her six members family without the help of others, even while she lost her only earners husband due to abnormal death. So just I am surviving somehow with my sweet children and old mother-in law.’’

This was just her little parts of dialogue. Continuously Mahinoor (wife of late Ibrahim, who miserably lost his life in devastating cyclone SIDR, 2007 in a remote island named ‘’Underchar’’) was describing her sorrows and pains of life created by losing her husband. It  Read more...

13 villages are in huge danger

Mohammad Saiful Islam

Bangladesh:
Rescue barrier of southern town of Bangladesh, Amtoli, has broken for the extreme act of breaking up of Payra river. Breaking up of Payra river and destruction of rescue barrier in rainy season have brought huge risk about to be sunk of launch terminal area in the bed of river.Besides,13 villages are facing huge threat. Almost 200 houses and hundreds acres of land of these villages have already sunk in the bottom of the river. New breaking up has started that brought huge concern in the villagers.

Local people have informed that, breaking up of Payra river has started from very beginning but it has took dangerous form after SIDR. No initiative has been taken yet after SIDR to repair the barrier. That’s why, many houses, business organizations and agricultural land has already  Read more...

Plant tree, re-excavate rivers and save Bangladesh

Dulal Chandra Pattak

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Truly speaking, Bangladesh is the most vulnerable country in the world from the ecological point of view. Each and every year we are losing a lot of national and personal wealth due to natural disasters.

Climatologists believe that the southern part of Bangladesh is at very risky position. If everything goes in the swim or if proper steps are not taken, the southern part will go under water very soon. The districts of Satkhira and Bagerhat are the worse sufferers in this case. SIDR, Aila, Flood and Tsunami are some of the clear indications that the day is no more in far that a part of Bangladesh will be submerged within a couple of years.

The government, policy makers and the common people have a great role to play here. Government can take some strong and feasible steps to control it. Now, question is how? Government can take a project on tree plantation in the affected area. For this reason, the government can use the students and teachers of school and colleges of that area to plant trees. They will do it voluntarily to save their area and this will minimize costs. And a lot of student will take part in it; the project will be faster. But the government has to provide the plants and auxiliaries. Besides many of the rivers in this affected area is now about to die.

For example, The Kapatakhi is one of the well known rivers in Bangladesh, which is situated in Khulna division. But it is a matter of great regret that this river is about to die. There is no  Read more...

He is a miracle boy

From Potuakhali: Villagers call him “miracle boy”. His name is Obaidul (7). His job was to cut fish and make packets with his mother. During the time of “Cyclone Sidr” hited in Bangladesh he was in an island named Kolagacia (situated in southern Bangladesh). The tidal waves of cyclone drifted him about 20 kilometers. His mother Halima begum (30) saved him during the time of drifting and died immediately after putting him in a safe  Read more...

Temporary house

Every day lot of foreign journalists, NGO, Donor representing are visiting cyclone  Read more...