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Climate change causes prolonged drought in Rajshahi Barind
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RAJSHAHI, April 28, 2021 (BSS)- Drought-like situation has been prevailing in the region including its vast Barind tract for the last couple of months posing a serious threat to the living and livelihood condition of the people, particularly the poor and marginalized ones.
“We’ve not seen any significant rainfall in the region since February last because of the adverse impact of climate change,” said Professor Rezaur Rahman of the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences in Rajshahi University (RU).
He opined that the prolonged rainless condition has created a detrimental situation in overall public health in terms of drinking water as well as ecosystem and biodiversity.