Floods in Bangladeshby | 30-09-2013 14:17 |
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  Flood is a natural calamity. It is almost an annual affair in Bangladesh. Bangladesh suffers from floods every year. Floods make life miserable. It causes a big loss of life, property and crops. It sweeps over villages and towns. Streets roads and even people?s houses go under water. People cannot go one place to another It washes away crops vegetables, fruit trees and makes people homeless. After flood epidemic and famine break out. The areas affected by flood become muddy and unhealthy. So various kinds of diseases such as cholera, dysentery and typhoid break out.. There is scarcity of drinking water. The prices of all daily necessities go up very high. Crops are washed away. So there is scarcity of food .But if the flood lasts for a very short time, it brings some good too. It makes the land fertile. In Bangladesh flood causes a huge loss every year. So it is urgently necessary to take proper steps for prevention of flood. Both long and short term plans can be taken for this. An efficient relief measure should be taken immediately. Well planned irrigation system will go a long way to reduce. We must find out effective and permanent, measures for the prevention of flood. Picture source: culinfo.blogspot.com and wikipedia |
