Every
monsoon season, the greater Chattogram region faces the threat of deadly
landslides. After a landslide killed 127 people in Chattogram in 2007, an
expert committee issued a 36-point set of recommendations, including the
eviction and rehabilitation of residents living in high-risk hillside
settlements to prevent future disasters. Another committee proposed 35
recommendations after landslides killed 170 people in Chattogram, Cox's Bazar,
and the Chattogram Hill Tracts in 2017. Most of...
