Flood bangladesh

Cyclone,a frequent natural disaster : Bangladesh lies in the tropical region and its land is low. Almost every year cyclone or storm hits our land in summer or in the late autumn. Intense heat causes depression in the bay of bangle. Resulting in a severe cyclonic storm which advances rapidly and hits the off-shore islands and the mainland of Bangladesh. The havoc caused by the cyclone is beyond description . almost everything that comes within its sweep is destroyed or carried away. Houses and buildings are blown down, giant trees are uprooted. On occasions the cyclone is attended with tidal bore. Thousands of people are swept away by the strong current of water of the tidal bore and countless heads of cattle are killed. Loss of property runs to hundreds of crores of taka. People who survive this severe calamity lose all their belongings and live a vary wretched life. The cyclone known as sedor caused a devastating havoc in November,2007 killing thousands of people and livestock, damaging house, crops, trees in the coastal belt of southern part of Bangladesh.

Flood,almost an annual affair : torrential rains and rush of water from the upper north bring about flood almost every year. The rivers overflow their banks. Fields of crops go under water. Te floods in 1954, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1987 and 1988 caused a huge loss of life and property. On all occasions flood water reached up to the top of houses. People took shelter on tree tops. Railway lines and embankments. Hundreds of people turned homeless and shelter less and became wretched specimens of ill-clad and hungry humanity.

  

Drought and farakka barrage : drought in summer causes damage to crops almost every year. Te system of irrigation is not adequately developed in our country. Indiscriminate chopping of trees for fuel has turned apart of the country into rainless desert land. Over and above this, the construction of the farakka barrage across the ganges in west Bengal by India has dealt a heavy blow to our economy and upset the ecological balance of a large region of our country. The diversion of the ganges water has created serious problems for Bangladesh. She has to depend now on India and nature for water. Overflow of which causes severe floods and non-availability of which causes drought. Both are damaging the economic base of Bangladesh and also affecting the ecological balance of the country. The abnormal decrease in the flow of the ganges water in the dry season owing to India’s withdrawal of it not only affects its navigability, but also causes the surface and ground water levels to fall abnormally, particularly in the northern districts. This has a very adverse effect on the irrigation system and on the flora and fauna of the region. Our people have to struggle against this calamity also.