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Bangladesh river eats up land and homes, trapping poor villagers

2016-06-22 08:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Piyara Begum once had a happy life in Garuhara village by the Brahmaputra River in northern Bangladesh, but worsening erosion of the river banks has displaced her family seven times. Now Piyara, 30, has taken shelter in Panchgachi village, 8 kilometers away in the same sub-district of Kurigram Sadar. I am always concerned about where Piyara and her three children are living, and how she manages her family expenses, as she has lost everything due to erosion, said her uncle, Abdul Majid, who...

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