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September
18, 2000
Manikganj,
Sept 17 (UNB) – River erosion took an alarming turn in the district
as the rivers devoured a vast tract of land in six upazilas.
Twenty
villages, including five schools, 17 mosques, five shrines, three
bazars, two bridges and 10 culverts of Dhulsura union in Harirampur
upazila disappeared into the Padma river rendering hundreds of people
homeless.
Daskandi,
Bhoyra, Harukandi, Azimnagar and Kanchanpur villages of the upazila
also are under threat of erosion.
Besides,
a vast areas of Jafarganj, Teota, Goaria, Beparipara and Dupulia in
Shibalay upazila, Baghutia, Chakdupuli and Gongakanda in Daulatpur
upazila were washed away by the river Jamuna.
River
Dhaleshwari engulfed a vast land of Sreedhar, Nagarkanda and Ghior
Purbapara in Ghior upazila while Kaliganga threatened Savar, Ainapur,
Jhalsuka, Tilli and Gopalpur in Sadar and Saturia upazilas.
Meanwhile,
a large portion of the flood control embankment in Sadar upazila went
into the riverbed threatening more areas of Keyarjani, Nayakandi,
Nalra, Balirtek and Komarpara.
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