River erosion
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River bank erosion has increased with the rise of water level in major rivers. The erosion wiped out villages, habitation, properties, cultivable land and threatened towns. In the mean time, there is severe erosion in Kurigram, Lalmonirhat and Brahmaputra. The erosion causes untold miseries to the affected people. This is happening year after year. But unfortunately there is no provision to rehabilitate them. So majority of the affected people migrate to newly formed chars and start life afresh. Some turn beggars and rest move to towns for livelihood. In the process some fall prey to criminals. In the proposed budget, provision for maintenance of 40km of new bank and 75km of erosion control has been made, this is too meagre compared to the gigantic problem.
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