Floods in Bangladesh do great damage to crops. Sometimes houses are swept away, trees are uprooted and callte are destroyed in large numbers. During the last a few years several floods swept over our country. They caused great havoc to lives and properties and brought about untold sufferings to the people who survived. The floods of 1954 were the severest of all recorded in history. Many people died and many were rendered homeless. Their misery knew no bounds. Devastating floods also hit Chittagong in1961, Barisal in 1965, Rangpur and Dinajpur in 1968 and almost all the districts in1970, 1974 and 1988.
A well- planned irrigation system will go a long way to reduce the extent and fury of such terrible floods. Embankments are being constructed to put a stop to their frequent visit. Our beneficent Government shall surely find out permanent ways and means to check them.
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