Bangladesh has a large population. It is one of most densely populated country. Land for living is so important here. But Bangladesh has been facing river erosion for a long time. There are many people live near the bank of rivers. River erosion is the curse for those people. There are many families that lost everything due to river erosion. Today I am going to write about it. There are such stories available- ?today you are a land lord and the next month you have nothing.

Some reason for river erosion according to the researchers are as follows,

 1. Sudden rise and decrease of water level in the river

2. High difference between the highest and lowest water level in a year

3. Low quality of soil in river bank 

In Bangladesh there are other reasons as well. Flooding is one of the main reasons. Every year about 143000 square kilometers is flooded. Forceful current causes the breakdown of the river bank. Currently river erosion in the most active natural calamity in Bangladesh. A large number of people are losing their land due to the cause.  Therefore a big percentage of the village people are becoming landless every year. The main rivers that are affected by erosion are

1. Jamuna

2. Brahmaputra 

3. Padma

4. Meghna

5. Ariyal Kha

6. Dakatia 

7. Voirob

8. Tista 

9. Korotoya 

10. Surma 

11. Gomoti

12. Dhunot 

13. Banot etc

 Among 485 sub-district in Bangladesh, 407 are affected by river erosion. 54 towns are severely affected which has the price value of 3270 million Taka. Every year nearly .1 million people becomes homeless.   This statistic shows how critical the condition is. We can guess the ecosystem is also harmed.

In the photo, above the red marked area directly went under water within a moment some days ago when the place was visted.