Lalmonirhat, July 29 -- As the Dharla River silently eats away at its banks, hundreds in Lalmonirhat watch their homes and hopes vanish into the current.

As the water level rises and falls, severe erosion has occurred at 13 points along the river, leaving many families disoriented and desperate.

The hardest-hit areas are Debnathpara, Kurul, Megharam, Chaymatha and Char Budaru in Mogolhat Union; parts of Patgram; Gorkamandal and Char Gorkamandal in Naodanga Union of Phulbari Upazila; and Haker Bazar and Sardob in Holokhana Union.

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