যমুনা নদী | বন্যা কবলিত মানুষের আর্তচিৎকার | Over flooded Jamuna river and flood affected people |
Sirajganj district lies on the bank of the most treacherous river Jamuna. The monsoon spillage of Jamuna is so high that it regularly overflows the banks and creates flooding in most of the upazilas of Sirajganj district. It is an area of perennial floods and its image is that of an area which is always flooded. Every part of the district is not equally vulnerable to flood. Some upazilas are more vulnerable than other due to their location. Chauhali, Kazipur, Sirajganj Sadar, Belkuchi, Ullahpara and Shahjadpur are most flood affected upazilas, of the district because major parts of these upazilas lay in the Jamuna River. These areas are affected by normal and flash flood almost every year. Tarash and Ullahpara upazila is also exposed to flood. Raiganj and Kamarkhanda are comparatively less flood affected upazilas. Severe periodic flooding is also common in the district. Every flood that strikes in Bangladesh affects Sirajganj district. Sirajganj is more or less flooded almost every year, however, severe floods of 1949, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1966, `1968, 1974, 1979, 1987, 1988, 1996, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2007 and 2008 are worth mentioning (NDP, 2007).
Extensive floods greatly affect the marginal population, who lose whatever assets they have and suffer from lack of work and wages. People who live in perennial flood zones in the bank of the Jamuna River have low indicators in all sectors of health, nutrition and education. However, floods cause serious damage to crops, property, fisheries and livestock and other resources (Sirajganj Zila Parishad, 2012). It is an important issue to assess the social-environmental impact of flood and vulnerability of this area. Therefore, the study was conducted with the objectives to explore the causes of flooding in the study area and to determine the impact of flood hazards on human life and environment.
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