After potholes, there is now a new menace to face on city roads. With underground pipelines resulting in rapid soil erosion below the roads, cave-ins have become increasingly frequent.

The overall flood situation marked improvement in the Brahmaputra basin following recession in the water levels of the major rivers and tributaries during the past 24 hours till 6am on Tuesday, off

TEZPUR, July 25 – After inundation of a large area in greater Panchmile area by flash floods followingt incessant rains during the last one week, both flood and erosion have posed a serious problem

Sirajganj: Jamuna River was flowing 9 centimeters above the danger level at Sirajganj this (Sunday) morning worsening flood situation in five upazilas of the district.

The Geological Survey and Mines Bureau under the direction of the Environment Ministry has intervened to conserve Ma Oya river bank which is threatened by erosion.

The Ma Oya river bank adjacent to the Wickramasheela National School in Kurunegala District had been subjected to gradual erosion posing a danger to the school.

The PWD in Majuli is planning to construct concrete roads on the island and plant vetiver grass along them to check the perennial problem of flood and erosion.

Vetiver grass, which is native to India and whose roots grow much deeper than the normal grass, is famous for its soil-binding nature.

The PWD (rural) executive engineer, Jorhat division, Jayanta Medhi, said this during a discussion a

Dhubri erosion displaces hundreds - Concrete roads proposed for island; erosion threatens NH31
About a hundred families of Ward 3, located along the bank of the Brahmaputra, have been displaced here since last night.

Unabated erosion by the Gangadhar also engulfed huge areas near National Highway 31 near Beer Chilarai bridge, about 40km from this town.

As a result, hundreds of families have

Around 2,428 hectares of cultivable land and 413 hectares of settlement on the banks of Jamuna, Ganges and Padma rivers will disappear due to erosion this year.

Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) and Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) have made the prediction through analysing satellite images.

BWDB has started protective works in several vulnerable a

Erosion by the rivers Jamuna and Dhaleswari that took serious turn washed away over 400 houses and a large number of arable lands in five unions of Daulatpur upazila in Manikganj during the last one week.

The affected unions are Baghutia, Bachamara, Char Katari, Jionpur and Chawk Mirpur.

SIVASAGAR: Erosion by the Dikhow river in the State has taken a dangerous turn as most of the places in upper Assam, particularly in Sivasagar district, have been badly hit by flood waters.

In the district