Bangladesh flood victims struggle to rebuild lives

The resilience of people in northeastern Bangladesh against Himalayan flooding has been severely challenged this year. Thousands of homeless and destitute people have struggled to deal with extreme flooding.

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This year's flooding has also challenged the Bangladeshi government's disaster management capacity.

"The excess Himalayan flooding has damaged many of our dams, and it has also brought a lot of sediments," Niloy Pasha, a Sylhet-based engineer on the Bangladesh Water Development Board, told DW. "So, our rivers and haors could not hold the water."

Bangladesh is implementing long-term measures such as dredging the transboundary Surma and Kushiara rivers and other northeastern rivers to expand their capacity to hold water. However, these measures alone can't solve the problem, according to the officials.

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The local government of Bishwambarpur Upazila of the Sunamganj district has introduced an experimental floating house for Sukhu Rani Das and her family

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"They say that the house will float even during high tide," said Sukhu Rani Das.

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