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Landslide in Hilly ...

Chronology of major landslides in Bangladesh are : 10

Ser Year Event

1. 1968 At Kaptai-Chandraghona road where the protective vegetation is
removed, the soil gets exposed to the monsoon rains and eroded rapidly.
This resulted in landslides, and the loose soil washed down the slopes and
carried by rivers into the kaptai lake. As a result, the reservoir silted up
and the authorities confirmed that in its 30 years existence it had lost
about 25% of its volume due to siltration.
2. 1970 Similar landslide event like 1968 took place along Ghagra-Rangamati
road.
3. 1990 Occurred on May 30, 1990. Affected the link road embankment at Jhagar
beel area of Rangamati district.
4. 1997 A major landslide occurred in July 1997 at Charaipada of Bandarban. The
total area affected by it was about 90,000-sq m. If such a landslide
occurred in Bandarban Town and any other urban or semi-urban centre,

the devastation would be tremendous.
5. 1999 Two big landslides one in Bandarban and the other one in Chittagong
occurred on 11 and 13 August 1999 respectively claiming the life of 17
people. Out of 17 fatalities, 10 were in Chittagong and the rest in
Bandarban district. Heavy and incessant rainfall at that time was one of
the causes of sliding. This landslide affected Lama thana and the Aziz
Nagar union of Bandarban district. Aziz Nagar is almost an inaccessible
rugged hilly terrain.
6. 2007 The 2007 Chattogram Mudslide occurred in the port city Chattogram in
south-eastern Bangladesh. On 11 June 2007, heavy monsoon rainfall
caused landslides that engulfed slums around the hilly areas of the city.
Experts had previously warned the increasing likelihood of landslides due
to the failure of Bangladesh government in curbing the illegal hill cutting
taking place in Chattogram .

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