Water salinity

Photo: Courtesy
Bangladesh

Adaptation efforts must address salinity intrusion on a priority basis

It is one of the major threats to achieving food security

The photo was taken recently. Photo: Mumit M
Environment

After coastal areas, salinity now invades Jashore’s water

Some 36,000 residents in the Pratapnagar union of Ashashuni upazila in Satkhira have been waterlogged in saline water for the last 18 months. Photo: TBS
Districts

Satkhira’s Protapnagar where woes know no bounds

Karatoa river. Photo: Wikipedia
Environment

Salinity rising in Barishal, Jhalakathi rivers

A pump of Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited on the Karnaphuli River. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS
Environment

Rising Karnaphuli salinity spells disaster for industries

Sayeeda Zeenat Karim.
Thoughts

Water salinity, women, and climate change