On the banks of the Brahmaputra River is a remote region known as "Haker Char". There are 950 families consisting 4,000 people in this char. 

They settled over there eight to nine years ago after losing their homesteads in several char regions on the Brahmaputra River bed in the Hatia and Saheber Alga unions of Ulipur upazila and the Chilmari union of Chilmari upazila in Kurigram.

The erosion of the Brahmaputra River currently threatens this char. Ten farms and arable lands have been devoured by the river in the last four days.

Even on Eid yesterday (July 10, 2022), people of the char spent their time worried as they fear losing their livelihoods.

Nur Mohammad (55), told our Lalmonirhat correspondent that his home had been pulled into the river yesterday afternoon.

A bamboo cluster and one bigha of arable land were also destroyed.

They have left three dwellings on someone else's land. He stated that the old char is in danger of collapse, therefore, he is seeking refuge in the new char.

According to Sayem Ali, a member of the Saheber Alga Union Parishad, the chars on the banks of the Brahmaputra last for 10 to 20 years.

People setteld on the Haker Char after it formed 10 years ago, he said.

Currently, the char is in risk of crumbling. "In some regions, there is no attempt to stop erosion. Even with the use of erosion control methods, they perish, added Sayem.