Jamuna washes away riverbank protection embankment at Kazipur

About 50 meters of riverbank protection dam was washed away by the River Jamuna at Tutuler Mor of Shuvagachha union under Kazipur in Sirajganj on Wednesday.
At least 20 houses near the dam were also washed away in the erosion that started towards noon
and continued until 8:00pm when the report was filed, according to locals.
Kazipur upazila Nirbahi officer visited the spot in the afternoon.
Acknowledging the situation, Water Development Board executive engineer Syed Hasan Imam told New Age that they had written to their high-ups repeatedly in the past one year but they could do almost nothing for lack of allocation. 

 

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