Bangladesh's Padma river devours villagers' homesteads amid evolving climate change

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Bangladesh's Padma river devours villagers' homesteads amid evolving climate change

STORY: Bangladesh's Padma river devours villagers' homesteads amid evolving climate change DATELINE: Sept. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:03:50 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Padma river erosion-prone areas in Munshiganj District, Bangladesh 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Bengali): ALI MIAH SAYAL, River erosion victim in Sodha Kandi village 3. various of people relocating parts of a house from an eroded river bank in Munshiganj district, Bangladesh 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Bengali): SHIBRANI, River erosion victim in Sodha Kandi village 5. SOUNDBITE 3 (Bengali): SARASWATI, Villager 6. SOUNDBITE 4 (Bengali): MD SOHRAB HOSSAIN PIR, Chairman of Banglabazar Union STORYLINE: In recent years, natural disasters such as floods have caused faster than usual river erosion in the South Asian country of Bangladesh. Residents of a village in the Munshiganj district have lived amid worries over the last couple of months, since the Padma river took a sharp turn at the start of this monsoon season, and continued to devour

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