Noting that the salinity level in the rivers is increasing every day, MD Harunur Rashid, chief scientific officer of the Agricultural Research Division at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, told Protom Alo that, with each passing year, new areas of brackish water enter the region. is entering, which is making agricultural land barren.
Along with the crop, the plants are also dying. This in turn is reducing the amount of land cultivated every year. In this context, he is advising farmers to grow salt resistant varieties of paddy and rabi crops.
SM Shafiqul Islam, chairman of Koira Upazila Parishad, told Prothom Alo, river erosion is the main concern in this upazila surrounded by rivers. Its effect is visible in every sector. At the same time, coastal people are becoming unemployed due to salinity.
Serious negative effects have also been seen from drinking water crisis to education. People dependent on agriculture are most at risk. The government is making efforts in various ways to help and rehabilitate the helpless people in times of disaster.
When this reporter was talking to local people during his visit to Dashaliya village, a man named Kanai Mistry pointed to a dilapidated mud house. The sad thing is that no one knows where the family has gone leaving their ancestral home.