200 families homeless as Jamuna erosion serious

Erosion by the Jamuna River has rendered over 200 hundred families under five unions of two upazilas homeless in the last five days.

The erosion-hit five unions are Bharatkhali in Saghata upazila and Gazaria, Fazlurpur, Kanchipara and Uakhali in Fulchari upazila.

The increasing water level of river also devoured nearly 200 homesteads at several villages under the unions.

Besides, around 300 families living near the danger points have already started shifting their belongings to safer places. Many of them have even taken shelter on the abandoned embankment and roads.

A number of homesteads, including two educational institutions, have been devoured by the surging water of Jamuna in the last two weeks.

Meanwhile, the authorities concerned were compelled to sell the Fazlurpur Health Centre building through an auction recently as the centre is only yards away from the erosion point.

The erosion damaged vast homesteads, structures and institutions in four out of seven unions in Fulchhari upazila, said Mashiur Rahman Molla, Fulchhari upazila nirbahi officer (UNO).

We have already requested the higher authorities to take necessary measures to save the villages from further erosion, the UNO added.