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°āĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻāĻāĻā§āĻ āĻļāĻšāĻ° āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ¯āĻŽā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§ āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻ°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 āĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻā§āĻ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻŦāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛— āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°, āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻļā§āĨ¤
The erosion of the Jamuna consumed gradually all her landed property.
āĻ¯āĻŽā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŽāĻž āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻļ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
It finally claimed her last shelter during the last monsoon. It took the river only a day to demolish Meherâs house, trees, vegetable garden and the bamboo bush.
āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻļā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¸Â āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻž, āĻ¸āĻŦāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻļāĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛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.
āĻāĻāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻ¸āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤ āĻā§ā§āĻ āĻŦāĻāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ§āĻž āĻ āĻĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻ°ā§āĻ-āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ§āĻŋ āĻĄā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ¨ā§, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻ¸ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻŋā§ā§ 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.
āĻāĻāĻ¨, āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŖāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¸ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ˛ā§āĻā§ āĻ¯āĻŽā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ¨ āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§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.
āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§, āĻŽā§āĻšā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ°āĻā§ āĻŦāĻ°āĻŖ āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻšā§āĨ¤ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ āĻĻā§āĻļ, āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšā§ āĻ āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻšā§ā§ āĻ¯āĻžā§āĨ¤
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° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ°ā§āĻĸāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻŦāĻ¤āĻžāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯āĻŽā§āĻ¨āĻž, āĻĒāĻĻā§āĻŽāĻž āĻ āĻŽā§āĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻšā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻŽā§āĻā§ 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¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĢāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻāĻŽāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§ 100,000 āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻā§āĻšāĻšā§āĻ¨ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻ¤āĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§, āĻāĻ˛āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖā§ āĻ¨āĻĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻŽ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāĻĻāĨ¤
If we canât take prompt actions to adapt to climate change, there will be thousands of more
Meherjans in our towns and villages every year.
āĻāĻŽāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ˛āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻĻāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻĒ āĻ¨āĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ, āĻ¤āĻžāĻšāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ°Â āĻļāĻšāĻ°ā§-āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻŽā§ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻ°āĻž Â āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻāĻ° āĻšāĻŦā§āĨ¤
English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛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) |
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