Digital image for the day is made according to my own imagination and thoughts (your writing story competition(93)

Digital image for the day is made according to my own imagination and thoughts (your writing story competition(93)

Rain will come down after a while, then it is doubtful whether anyone’s mind will dance in this Bengal with the joy of rain. Because, heavy rains are causing catastrophic floods in rural areas, there is also a fear of its terrible appearance in urban areas.

Therefore, it is normal for anxiety to increase for fear of such floods. However, the catastrophic floods caused by heavy rains and the waterlogging or damage to the communication system caused by its side effects are not new to today's some country.

That may sound strange, but it's true in terms of history, there is no way to disbelieve the condition of the people in terms of living and movement even in the rainy season.

SM Taifur's research book Glimpses of Old Dhaka also mentions floods as one of the causes of the famine of 164 which took place during the reign of Shaista Khan.

Then all the roads in Dhaka were submerged (just like now!), Many boats were also floating there.

Even after the Mughal rule and the beginning of the rule of foreign companies, the appearance of Dhaka did not change at all.

The city has been experiencing heavy rains since March 18, which lasts till July. When the river water rises drastically as a result of continuous rains, floods begin.

The situation in Dhaka at that time was almost like that of Venice, commented the historian Jatindra Mohan Roy. However, the resemblance to Venice was not only in the submergence, but also in the romance or beauty of Venice in the then ailing Dhaka.

In his book Topography and Statistics of Dhaka, James Taylor, a one-time civil surgeon, described the submerged city of the time as follows: Now it is flooded in such a way that it is possible to sail there comfortably.

'He added that many of the city's residents were forced to leave the area at that time. And those who remained had to live on bamboo huts inside the house.

At that time the cattle of the house also drowned. Matthew Day, the then Collector and Magistrate of Dhaka, observed the situation at that time and wrote: Was ruined.

About sixty thousand people were killed then, according to Mr. Day.But what is the reason behind the dilapidated state of Dhaka in front of the flood? As far as history is concerned, waterlogging in Dhaka city is nothing new.

The excavation of Dholaikhal during the Mughal period led to improvements in the drainage of stagnant water and waste in the city.

The risk of waterlogging also decreases then. However, after being forced to sit on the mattress, the company authorities did not pay much attention to Dholakhal to alleviate the water blockage.

In the second half of the nineteenth century, settlements along the banks of the Dholaikhal began to be established. As a result, Dholaikhal gradually lost its drainage capacity as before.

In 179, Henry Charles Cotcliffe, an assistant civil surgeon in Dhaka, complained in a report that the city had no proper drainage system.

Its narrow alleys are also clogged with garbage and excrement. Cuttackliff's report and the gradual narrowing of Dholaikhal these two contexts can easily be used to understand the root causes of the waterlogging of Dhaka city and the uninterrupted flow of floods here.