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Unit : 5; Lesson 1: The greed of the roaring rivers

Meherjan lives in a slum on the Sirajgonj Town Protection Embankment. The whispering wind from the river Jamuna makes the fire unsteady.

āĻŽā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ°āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻœāĻ—āĻžā§āĻœ āĻļāĻšāĻ° āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ§ā§‡āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¯āĻŽā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻ° āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ†āĻ—ā§āĻ¨āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ˛ā§‡āĨ¤

The dancing of the flames reminds Meherjan of the turmoil in her life. Not long ago Meherjan had everything— a family, cultivable land and cattle.

āĻ…āĻ—ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻš āĻŽā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ°āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ†āĻ—ā§‡āĻ“ āĻŽā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ°āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛— āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°, āĻšāĻžāĻˇāĻ¯ā§‹āĻ—ā§āĻ¯ āĻœāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ—āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻļā§āĨ¤

The erosion of the Jamuna consumed gradually all her landed property.

āĻ¯āĻŽā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻœāĻŽāĻŋāĻœāĻŽāĻž āĻ•ā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻļ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

It finally claimed her last shelter during the last monsoon. It took the river only a day to demolish Meher’s house, trees, vegetable garden and the bamboo bush.

āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ†āĻļā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸Â  āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻŽā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āĻ—āĻžāĻ›āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻž, āĻ¸āĻŦāĻœāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ—āĻžāĻ¨ āĻ“ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻļāĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ˛ā§‡āĻ—ā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

She had a happy family once. Over the years, she lost her husband and her family to diseases that cruel
hunger and poverty brought to the family.

āĻāĻ•āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻ–ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻ‚āĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻ•ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ• āĻŦāĻ›āĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ ā§āĻ° āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻž āĻ“ āĻĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ°ā§‹āĻ—-āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ§āĻŋ āĻĄā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¨ā§‡, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻ“ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛ā§‡āĨ¤

Now, she is the only one left to live on with the loss and the pain. The greedy Jamuna has shattered her dreams and happiness.

āĻāĻ–āĻ¨, āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻŦā§‡āĻāĻšā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ­ā§€ āĻ¯āĻŽā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ¨ āĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āĻ– āĻšā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤

There are thousand others waiting to share the same fate with Meherjan. Bangladesh is a land of rivers, some of whose banks overflow or erode during monsoon.

āĻāĻ°āĻ•āĻŽ āĻ†āĻ°ā§‹ āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ°ā§‹ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻŽā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ°ā§‡āĻœāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹āĻ‡ āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšā§ŸāĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ƒāĻ• āĻĻā§‡āĻļ, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻ° āĻ¤ā§€āĻ° āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡āĻ° āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§Ÿ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ§ā§€āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ§ā§€āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§€āĻ¨ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

Erosion is a harsh reality for the people living along the river banks. During each monsoon many more villages are threatened by the roaring of rivers like the Jamuna, the Padma and the Meghna.

āĻ¨āĻĻā§€ āĻ¤ā§€āĻ°āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§€ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™āĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ°ā§‚āĻĸāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯āĻŽā§āĻ¨āĻž, āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻŽāĻž āĻ“ āĻŽā§‡āĻ˜āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€āĻ° āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻœāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ• āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻ•āĻŋāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧā§‡āĨ¤

It is estimated that river erosion makes at least 100,000 people homeless every year in Bangladesh. In fact, river erosion is one of the main dangers caused by climate change.

āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻļā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻ•āĻŽāĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡ 100,000 āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻ—ā§ƒāĻšāĻšā§€āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ•ā§ƒāĻ¤āĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡, āĻœāĻ˛āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§‡ āĻ¨āĻĻā§€ āĻ­āĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻ¨ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻāĨ¤

If we can’t take prompt actions to adapt to climate change, there will be thousands of more
Meherjans in our towns and villages every year.

āĻ†āĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻœāĻ˛āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§‡ āĻ–āĻžāĻĒ āĻ–āĻžāĻ‡āĻ¯āĻŧā§‡ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡āĻĒ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ†āĻ°āĻ“ āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻœāĻžāĻ°Â  āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§‡-āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻŽā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ°āĻœāĻžāĻ¨āĻ°āĻž  āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ›āĻ° āĻšāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
01.   Slum (n)

02.   Protection (n)

03.   Embankment (n)

04.   Whisper (v)

05.   Unsteady (adj)

06.   Flame (n)

07.   Consume (v)

08.   Cattle (n)

09.   Remind (v)

10.   Turmoil (n)

11.   Devour (v)

12.   Bush (n)

13.   Monsoon (n)

14.   Cruel (adj)

15.   Hunger (n)

16.   Pain (n)

17.   Greedy (adj)

ā§Ļā§§. āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ

ā§Ļā§¨. āĻ°āĻ•ā§āĻˇāĻž

ā§Ļā§Š. āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ§

ā§Ļā§Ē. āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻž

ā§Ļā§Ģ. āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ°, āĻāĻ˛ā§‹āĻŽā§‡āĻ˛ā§‹

ā§Ļā§Ŧ. āĻ…āĻ—ā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻ–āĻž

ā§Ļā§­. āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĢā§‡āĻ˛āĻž, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻƒāĻļā§‡āĻˇ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§Ļā§Ž.āĻ—āĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻļā§

ā§Ļā§¯. āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻ°āĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĻā§‡ā§ŸāĻž

ā§§ā§Ļ. āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖāĻž, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ°āĻ¤āĻž

ā§§ā§§. āĻ—ā§‹āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ˛āĻž

ā§§ā§¨. āĻā§‹āĻĒ, āĻāĻžā§œ

ā§§ā§Š. āĻŽā§ŒāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžā§Ÿā§, āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ•āĻžāĻ˛

ā§§ā§Ē. āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ ā§āĻ°, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŽ, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§Ÿ

ā§§ā§Ģ. āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻž

ā§§ā§Ŧ. āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖāĻž

ā§§ā§­. āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ­ā§€