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Padma, Monu make many homeless
Star Country Desk
Erosion by the Padma river has rendered many families homeless at Kairapara village in Sadar upazila of Chapainawabganj in the last one month, while the Monu river has devoured shops, dwelling houses and vast tracts of cropland in Kawkabon area in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar in the last month.
Our Chapainawabganj correspondent reports that over 150 families have become homeless and around 25 houses went into the Padma in the last one month.
Locals said several hundred acres of farmlands, bamboo clusters and mango orchards at Roadpara, Chakpara, Mal Bagdanga, Fatapara, Kairapara and Coaldubi villages under Char Bagdanga
union went into the Padma during the last four weeks.
The office of the union parishad, union land office, Char Bagdanga BCB camp, Char Bagdanga Dakhil Madrasa, Mal Bagdanga Government Primary School, eidgah, and mosquesareunderthreat.
‘Erosion has forced us to move to a safer place. I took a piece of land on lease at Chan Bhasa village where I am making a tin-shed house," said elderly man Ziliur Rahman of Kairapara village.
Like him, many poor people are leasing land from villagers and making tin-sheds.
Wasikul Islam of Mal Bagdanga village said Water Development Board (WDB) did not take steps in time to stop erosion.
Chapainawabganj WDB Executive
Engineer Syed Shahidul Alam said at least 2,600 metres of the bank of the Padma river in Char Bagdanga union are under threat of erosion.
They are now dumping sand-filled bags on 400 metres of the left bank to protect some establishments on a temporarybasis, he said.
They have taken up a project of Tk 142 crore to protect the bank of the Padma from erosion and the work will start in this fiscal year, he added.
Our Moulvibazar correspondent reports that the Monu river has devoured shops, dwelling houses, and vast tracts of cropland in Kawkabon area in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar in the last one month.
Locals said erosion has taken a serious turn in the area as the dyke in
Kawkabon area collapsed. Many villagers have left their homes, fearing sudden erosion by the river.
Local officials of WDB visited the spot recendy and assured the villagers of taking immediate steps to save the embankment.
Hazipur Union Parishad Chairman Abdul Basit Bacchu said 36 shops in the century-old Kawkabon bazar, along with tube-well and toilets in the bazar and the playground have already gone into the river.
Kawkabon Bazar Samity President Porimol Chandra Dey said the total amount of losses could be around Tk 1 crore.
Mokhlisur Rahman, general secretary of the samity, said WDB repaired some risky places with sandbags and bam-
boos before the floods began, but the surge of water from the hills washed those away.
Mokhlisur and traders demanded immediate repair of the dyke with concrete blocks to protect this market, otherwise, the entire market is likely to be eroded by the river.
Sylhet WDB Superintending Engineer Abdus Shahid said a separate project will be taken up to stop erosion of the Kawkabon bazar with concrete blocks.
Freedom Fighter Abdul Matin, lawmaker from the area, said the collapse of Kawkabon bazar has caused major damage. The WDB will take up a separate project in this regard as soon as possible, he added.