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50000 erosion-hit people living on embankment

From Our Correspondent
RANGPUR. May 2 About 50,000 croslorvhtt families of SundargonJ upazila have been staying on embankment for years together, and leading a subhuman life.
According to the informations received here, due to devastating erosions of the rivers Brahmaputra and Tccsta, thousands of families were rendered homeless every year who took shelter on both sides of the Brahmaputra Embankment.
The total number of those uprooted families have now stands at around 50.000.
The homesteads and crop fields of Tarapur. Belka. Ghaloya. Haripur. Srecpur, Kapashiya and its adjoining areas under Sundargonj upazila have so far devoured by these mighty rivers'and with the onset of monsoon, more fresh ar as go to the river beds every year swelling the number of distressed humanities.
The uprooted families have no land for erecting houses or sheds of their own. Moreover, i hey have no money and source
of Income to earn their livelihood in these days of economic stringencies.
As a result, huge number of erosion-hit uprooted families have been staying on both sides of the Brahmaputra Embankment and passing days and nights under broken sheds. Due to lack of medical facilities, many people mostly children fall easy prey to various diseases.
It is gathered that both district and local authorities are quite indifferent to the sufferings of these uprooted families and none has so far been taken any steps to rehabilitate them.
Most of these families have become baggers and leading subhuman life for want of food, cloths, medical facility and proper shelters.
At least 32 educational Institutions, 25 mosques and a number of hat and bazaars, government offices and other commercial a ad . industrial establish men Is tn seven unions of the upazila which are close to the river banks awaiting to-
tal extinction by the erosion of the rivers.
The landless people in Pirgacha upazila are not getting the possession of the khas lands alloted to them by the administration.
According to Information, about 90.18 acres of khas lands were distributed among 274 landless male and females of the upazila by the administration.
But many landless persons did not get the possession of their allocated khas lands as a section of Influential persons have grabbed the lands bribing the officials concerned, ft was Informed.
The deprived persons have lodged complaints with the higher authorities concerned in this regard but none has so far paid heed to it. ft was further informed.
An impartial enquiry by the higher authorities is immediately needed so that the landless people Could enjoy The facilities of distributions of khas lands, it is opined.