New $100M highway through 'haor' linked to worsened NE Bangladesh flooding — BenarNews
The road built through the floodplain would damaged the “special ecosystem” of the region, an expert says.
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The road built through the floodplain would damaged the “special ecosystem” of the region, an expert says.
Heavy rains and rush of water from upstream in India’s northeast have inundated large swathes of Sylhet division, leaving thousands stranded and triggering a humanitarian crisis.
Dhaka, Jun 17 (EFE).- Around four million people have been affected as northeastern Bangladesh witnesses its worst flood in two decades, officials said Friday. The authorities said they have opened some hundred shelters to evacuate the people and carried out large scale rescue and relief efforts as flood waters severely affected the Sylhet and Sunamganj …