Monday, September 19, 2011

Rivers of Bangladesh

Bangladesh is a land of rivers.the health,wealth,happiness of Bangladesh depend on her rivers.there are many big & small rivers.the Padma,the Jamuna,the Meghna are the big & wide riversthe Buriganga,the Sitalakshya,the Dhaleswari,the Teesta,the Madhumati,the Gumati & the Karnafuli are small rivers.most of the rivers of our country rise from the Himalayas & fall into the Bay of Bengal.

the rivers are the source of our wealth.Bangladesh is an agricultural country.the prosperity of agriculture depends of the rivers.these rivers have made the soil fertile.so rice,jute,tea & other crops grow in plenty here.our rivers abound with fish.fish is an important wealth.our fishermen catch a huge quantity of fish & export to foreign countries.thus they earn a lot of foreign exchange.fish is our main item of food.the rivers of our country are the main ways of communication.boats,launches & steamers move on these rivers in all seasons.men & goods are carried from one town to another,from one part to another.all these are possible only river communication.most of cities,towns,industries,hats,bazaars,trade-centers are on the bank of rivers.the products of mills,factories & industries are easily carried to different places through rivers.raw materials from far & near can be carried easily to our industries.thus our rivers help in commerce,trade & industry.some of our rivers are source of energy.this energy helps our industries.some of the rivers are used to produce electricity.Goalpara & Karnafuli hydro electric projects are used to solve electricity problem.the rivers have a great influence on the people of our country.we love the rivers,its water & music.the rivers have made us emotional & sentimental.much of our joys & happiness depend on rivers.the rivers have influenced many of our writers & poets.many rivers have found expression in the writings of Rabindranath Tagore,Kazi Nazrul Islam,Michael Modhusudhan & Jasimuddin.some of the Bengali novels have been named after our rivers:Padma Nadir Manjhi & Padma promatha.our artists & painters like Jainul Abedin have been much influenced by our rivers.Shari,Bhatiali & Murshidi are the expressions of our village peoples love for rivers.sometimes the rivers causes great damage to our life & property.in the rainy season the rivers overflow their banks & causes flood.people suffer untold sufferings.

in spite of the little harm,the river are useful to us in many ways.they are source of our wealth,health & happiness..................................................................   


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