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Bagerhat village devoured by river erosion, call for urgent steps

Published : Tuesday, 5 October, 2021 at 8:43 PM  Count : 530

Bagerhat village devoured by river erosion, call for urgent steps

Bagerhat village devoured by river erosion, call for urgent steps


Hundreds of homesteads at village Gabtala in Sadar union under Morelganj upazila in Bagerhat district are being devoured due to constant erosion of the river Panguchi.

Visiting the affected village on Tuesday, this correspondent found that a community clinic in the village was abandoned, as it was on the verge of collapse. Homesteads and unpaved roads are disappearing fast.
Many families have lost their homes as the fierce river erosion has devoured their homesteads. Losing all their belongings, many families were found moving to the nearby town or city. Some 30 families have taken shelter on the bank of the river. The panic-stricken villagers are now living under open sky. The Gabtala Government Primary School-cum-Cyclone Shelter, mosque, Khaulia and Gabtala Bridge are now on the verge of collapse.

Sadar union parishad chairman HM Mahmud Ali and Khaulia union parishad chairman Md. Alamgir Hossain said the river erosion problem could be solved if a 10-kilometer long permanent dam was built from Sannyasi Launch Ghat to Morelganj town on emergency basis.

Upazila Nirbahi Officer Md. Jahangir Alam said, "The higher authorities concerned have already been informed about the matter of river erosion. I hope that they will take necessary action on an urgent basis."

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