Have we done enough?

According to a UN report, 17 percent of Bangladesh's land could potentially be submerged under water. Irregularities and corruption in the construction of dams and barrages are largely responsible, to some extent, for the current severity of the flood situation. 

Also, powerful people have grabbed land adjacent to rivers, causing flood water to spread throughout localities. While we may not have much say over nature, we can at least mitigate the consequences of natural disasters when they occur and try to not make things even worse.

Mohammad Dider, Jahangirnagar University