Suddenly, river erosion was seen in Daulatdia of Goalundo upazila of Rajbari. Ferry ghat area number 6 has been affected by high erosion. People across the river are in panic due to new erosion. An area of about 50 meters has been devoured in the river due to erosion in the last one week. Due to the erosion of Padma River, the people living on the bank of Padma have been already suffering.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has started the work of placing geo bags filled with sand from Thursday (May 9) morning to prevent erosion since last one week.
In the meantime Goalundo Upazila Nirbahi Officer Jyoti Bikas Chandra has visited the affected areas. After the visit, he said that the prevention of river erosion will be done on a priority basis deciding where to drop geo bags first. Work will continue accordingly.
Going to the erosion area, it can be seen that Daulatdia No. 6 ghat area has suffered more due to untimely erosion. To prevent erosion, workers are filling sand from the trawler and throwing geo bags in the river with the help of BIWTA.
Thousands of people on the banks of the Padma flowing over the Rajbari are affected by massive erosion every year during the monsoon season. They suffered huge losses. Various religious and educational institutions along with paved structures, residential houses and agricultural lands were destroyed by river erosion. Rajbari Town Protection Embankment is under threat.
Although the Water Development Board works every year to prevent erosion, the victims have many complaints about it. The people of Padma bank claim that it is a gang of dishonest government officials who are looting lakhs of government money by doing half done and under rated work. They demanded to take permanent measures to prevent river erosion.
