Homes, educational institutions, mosques and farmland are disappearing into the Padma River one after another due to severe erosion in Chapainawabganj. Following this year’s flooding, river erosion has swept away the homes of at least 800 families in several areas, including Narayanpur in Sadar upazila and Durlabhpur, Namo Jagannathpur, Fielderhat, Kanchira, Boglauri and Jhailpara in Shibganj upazila. Terrified by the erosion, residents rush out at night to help one another move their homes when...
