Dhaka’s Monsoon Woes
Dhaka’s Monsoon Woes Faizul Khan Tanim researches the ever-increasing problems caused by monsoon each year and looks for possible solutions Monsoon is believed to be a season of blessing in agriculture based Bangladesh. But nowadays, in both urban and rural parts, it is simultaneously considered a miracle and a menace, due to the negligence of the government, utility organizations and citizens’ commitment. With monsoon approaching, Dhaka residents are already worried about water logging due to the poor drainage system of the city. The season has not started properly, yet floods set off by monsoon rains out of the capital have killed six people, displaced more than 10,000 and washed away shrimp farms close to the Bay of Bengal when the region’s Matamuhuri and Bakhkhali Rivers overflowed after several days of heavy rain, inundating almost 200 villages and destroying paddy fields. Studies from urban planning departments of universities, water modelling centres, flood and water manag...