Kh Ekramul Haque Samrat, Kurigram :
Kurigram is a riverene district in the northern area of Bangladesh. About 16 rivers including Dharla, Teesta, Brahmaputra,Doudkumer,Fulkumer, Kaljani and Nilkumer are flowing over the district.
Now, the rivers are drying up quickly and all kinds of local verities of fishes are being disappeared.
While visiting in the Nilkumer River at Fulbari upazila and found that the mighty river has been dried up and now the river is like a dead canal. The cultivation is going on the river bed. Some portion of lands of the river is being grabbed.
The river bed is fertile and sandy and the farmers are cultivating various crops in the dried up river bed.
Amal Chandra (42) of village Majhipara told The New Nation that water remains in the river in all seasons for 10/12 years ago and the river was full of fishes . They caught fishes and sold in the marker and maintained their families. But in the dry season various kinds of crops including Boro paddy are being cultivated in the dried up river bed. We are maintaining our families by driving rickshaw, push cart and day labourers are leaving the profession .
Hasem Ali (44) said the Nilkumer was very deep and mighty 30/35 years ago. The lion parts of business were leading in the river route.
The goods and other commodities including rice, paddy, jute, mustered were brought to Fulbari Sadar, Gangerhat, recently abolished enclave Dashearchara, Kharibari bazaar, and Pakhirhat.
It is said that the great Muslim saint of North Bengal Maolana Keramot Ali went to Assam several times in this river route.
The villagers said sands are being lifted from the river. Some people are doing this work with shallow machines day and night causing ecological imbalance .The Nilkumer River entered into Bangladesh from Assam province in India and fall in the Dharla River.
India diverts water constructing Farakka embankment causing the channel and current of water of the river had been lost. If it irrigates from Nakharjan frontier to Dhaniram connecting to Dharla River the Nillkumer will again full of water. Agriculture Officer of Fulbari upazila Mahbubur Rashid told that the farmers planted about75 hectares of various crops including Boro paddy.
Associate Professor of Botany Department of Kurigram Govt College Mirza Nasir Uddin told this correspondent that the natural beauty have been lost due to dried up of the rivers.
Kurigram is a riverene district in the northern area of Bangladesh. About 16 rivers including Dharla, Teesta, Brahmaputra,Doudkumer,Fulkumer, Kaljani and Nilkumer are flowing over the district.
Now, the rivers are drying up quickly and all kinds of local verities of fishes are being disappeared.
While visiting in the Nilkumer River at Fulbari upazila and found that the mighty river has been dried up and now the river is like a dead canal. The cultivation is going on the river bed. Some portion of lands of the river is being grabbed.
The river bed is fertile and sandy and the farmers are cultivating various crops in the dried up river bed.
Amal Chandra (42) of village Majhipara told The New Nation that water remains in the river in all seasons for 10/12 years ago and the river was full of fishes . They caught fishes and sold in the marker and maintained their families. But in the dry season various kinds of crops including Boro paddy are being cultivated in the dried up river bed. We are maintaining our families by driving rickshaw, push cart and day labourers are leaving the profession .
Hasem Ali (44) said the Nilkumer was very deep and mighty 30/35 years ago. The lion parts of business were leading in the river route.
The goods and other commodities including rice, paddy, jute, mustered were brought to Fulbari Sadar, Gangerhat, recently abolished enclave Dashearchara, Kharibari bazaar, and Pakhirhat.
It is said that the great Muslim saint of North Bengal Maolana Keramot Ali went to Assam several times in this river route.
The villagers said sands are being lifted from the river. Some people are doing this work with shallow machines day and night causing ecological imbalance .The Nilkumer River entered into Bangladesh from Assam province in India and fall in the Dharla River.
India diverts water constructing Farakka embankment causing the channel and current of water of the river had been lost. If it irrigates from Nakharjan frontier to Dhaniram connecting to Dharla River the Nillkumer will again full of water. Agriculture Officer of Fulbari upazila Mahbubur Rashid told that the farmers planted about75 hectares of various crops including Boro paddy.
Associate Professor of Botany Department of Kurigram Govt College Mirza Nasir Uddin told this correspondent that the natural beauty have been lost due to dried up of the rivers.
