Embankments

No new coastal embankment in 50 years
Environment

No new coastal embankment in 50 years

About five crore people in 19 coastal districts of Bangladesh are at extreme risk due to the increasing trend of cyclones in the Bay of Bengal

About 30 kilometres of roads and by-roads in 500 villages of 50 unions in nine Upazilas of Cox’s Bazar have been damaged due to the recent torrential rain-induced floods. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Floods, eroding rivers, damage 44km of roads, embankments in Cox’s Bazar

AL MP wears placard to parliament for dam
Bangladesh

AL MP wears placard to parliament for dam

With roads and homesteads still under water, people in Satkhira, hit hard by the cyclonic storm Amphan, seem fated to suffer for many more days to come as there is hardly any initiative for their rehabilitation. The photo was taken recently. TBS Photo
Districts

Tidal surges damage embankments, roads in Satkhira

File photo. Photo: Salahudddin Ahmed
Panorama

Rethinking embankments: Natural design versus human interventions

Photo: Md Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Bangladesh

Tk400cr allocation demanded immediately to build coastal embankments

Govt to take Tk100cr projects to make damaged embankments sustainable
Bangladesh

Govt to take Tk100cr projects to make damaged embankments sustainable

Photo shows a broken embankment in Satkhira. Photo: TBS
Cyclone Amphan

NGOs for urgent construction of embankments to save crops in coastal areas