Dhaka, May 25 -- A two-kilometre stretch of the flood protection embankment near Rautara Sluice Gate in Baghabari area of Shahzadpur upazila in Sirajganj district has been remained unprotected since 1990s as a portion of the embankment collapsed by floodwater.
Due to this, around 62,000 hectares of cropland in the Chalan Beel region face risk of flooding each year during the monsoon, just before the paddy harvest.
To protect the crops, the Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) in Sirajganj constructs temporary ring embankment with sand piling along the unprotected stretch each monsoon before the harvest time. This practice has been going on for the last few years. As a result, the affected farmers are being deprived of permanent solut...