Travelling is demanding, but it’s equally addictive and enjoyable. That being said, there are so many ways to travel and so many places to see, it’s quite natural to feel overwhelmed at times. With so many rivers flowing through Bangladesh, there are plenty of naval routes available for travelling. Sometimes, just the boat ride itself can be your objective.
Kamal Hossen is a recently retired professor at the Institute of Forestry and Environmental Science of Chattogram University. In a conversation with The Daily Star, he emphasised the importance of the conservation of mangrove forests.
The coastal people of Cox’s Bazar and Chattogram are left exposed to the wrath of natural disasters as a vast swath of mangrove forest which serves as a natural shield against cyclones was cleared up over the years to develop economic zones and shrimp farming along coastal belts.
The local administration has prepared over 1,000 shelters in the Chattogram district as the very severe cyclonic storm Mocha is likely to cross Cox's Bazar-Myanmar's north coast by 6:00pm on Sunday