Dhaka, May 31 -- Bangladesh stands among the nations most vulnerable to climate change-and nowhere is this more evident than in its southwest coastal belt. Khulna, Bagerhat, and Satkhira are facing a relentless convergence of climate-driven disasters: salinity intrusion, tidal surges, collapsing embankments, and growing public health and livelihood crises.Cyclones & Collapsing Infrastructure: Cyclones like Sidr (2007), Aila (2009), Fani (2019), and Amphan (2020) have repeatedly ravaged these regions. According to the Bangladesh Water Development Board, over 60% of coastal sluice gates are now non-functional. As protective polders, built in the 1960s under the Coastal Embankment Project, decay, saline water inundated farmlands and homestea...
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