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Erosion again threatens CIP

From Our Correspondent
CHANDPUR. July 7: The erosion of the river Meghna once again threatened the existence of Chandpur Irrigation Project (CIP). one of the biggest irrigation project of Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB),
The erosion Is continuing alarmingly at Soladl. Mad-hyabazar, Taskerkhand under Haimchar upazila for the last one week. The protection of embankment in these areas have been badly affected by the erosion.
According to BWDB. about 1.000 metres of protection embankment has already been eroded.
The Meghna at Haimchar now stands by the side of protection embankment. Water level of the river Meghna is increasing day by day and severe current Is flowing. CC blocks are being wasted away by the severe current. About 200 families in the areas have been shifted. They have taken shelter on the protection embankment. BWDB officials are frantically trying to save the protection embankment by placing CC blocks at the eroded sites. But due to shortage of blocks the protection works are hampered.
People are getting panicked in the area. They are busy in shifting their houses and shops tn safe places.
My Rezaul Karim. DC. Chanpur. told this correspondent after visiting the affected areas that the situation in the area Is "grave" and said if the embankment breaches, a colossal damage would occur to crops and property within the protection embankment.
Meanwhile, Abu Taher Chowdhury, Chief Engineer. Comilla region. Md Akmal Hossain. Executive Engineer. Chandpur. along with high officials of BWDB visited the affected areas.
A magistral and a group of police have been posted In the area. Red Hags have been hoisted at the vulnerable points.
Md Faziul Haque Sarker. General Secretary ol Bangladesh Awami League. Chandpur Unit has sent a fax message to the Prime Minister stating grave situation is the area.
Md Jahangir Akhand Selim. President of ( handpur Chamber and Commerce and Industries urged the government to save the lives and property oi
five lakh people now residing within Chandpur Irrigation
Project.
Chandpur Irrigation Project was commissioned In 1978 at a cost of Tk 80 crore. The area covers about one lakh 50 thousand hectares of land by a protection embankment of 220 square miles.
The project areas cover Chandpur. FaridganJ and Halmchar upazilas of Chandpur district and Luxmlpur. Raipur of Luxmlpur district.
UNB from Rangpur says, erosion by the river Teesta has
taken a severe turn in Kaunia upazila with the recession of its water, rendering at least 129 families homeless during the last week.
Villagers said standing crops on about 100 acres of land In 12 villages disappeared into the river during the period.
Meanwhile, the homeless families have taken shelter on a nearby flood control embankment .
They alleged that Water Development Board has not yet taken any steps to check the riverbank erosion.