Flash flood and haors
Flash flood occurs during the pre-monsoon (March may) in north-eastern part of Bangladesh. Heavy rainfall in the upstream or neighbouring upland countries causes flash flood. This sudden flood damages our crops by submerging the agricultural lands.
Now, this is the duty of our weather forecasting department to forecast it correctly for the poor farmers. But due to unavailability of data from Indian centre, they cannot do so. Whenever it begins to rain in Indian upland, they should inform us and we should tell our farmers to be prepared. It's a simple task to improve the data transferring system. This doesn't need structural back-up, only a computerized strong data base, which will contain rainfall data for flood forecasting, is needed. The government can save the agricultural products of haors through proper negotiation with Indian authorities to share rainfall data.
The step should be taken immediately for the well being of our people and their food safety.
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