Teesta in Lalmonirhat
Erosion renders 55 families homeless
The river Teesta, which took an alarming turn in three villages of Lalmonirhat a couple of days ago, devouring a banana orchard at Gokunda village yesterday morning.Photo: STAR
Erosion by river Teesta have rendered at lest 55 families at three villages in Sadar upazila homeless in the last three days. The affected villages are Kalmati, Tajpur and Gokunda. The erosion hit people have taken shelter on government land and their relative's houses. The river also devoured at least two fruit gardens, three bamboo clusters and about 24 acres of cultivable land. Many people have started cutting trees and bamboos in fear of erosion in the villages, said local union parishad sources. Victim Nur Muhammad of Kalmati village told this correspondent that erosion by the river took a devastating turn there in the last three days. Abdul Baki, another erosion victim of Tajpur village, said at least 23 families were rendered homeless during the period. Mofizul Islam of Gokunda village houses of said around 20 families were devoured by the river since yesterday noon. “Many people have been leaving their homesteads for fear of erosion”, he added. Many farmlands with standing crops especially boro paddy, have gone into the river, said the erosion victim. Contacted, Lalmonirhat Water Development Board (WDB) executive engineer Enayet Ullah said his office had not enough fund to check the river erosion immediately. "We have sent a letter to the higher authorities seeking fund to cope with the situation," he said.
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