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Salinity intrusion in the
surface and ground water, etc.in the southwestern and western areas of
Bangladesh
Salinity
Intrusion
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Salinity front
has traveled upto 280 km upstream from sea-coast
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Salinity level
in the surface water has been increased 500 micro-mhos to 29000 micro mhos
at Khulna which has exceeded the safe limit by several times
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Ground water
salinity has also been increased from 200 m mhos to about 3000 m mhos at
places during post Farakka period
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Increased
salinity has sweet water fish production
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The one of the
largest mangrove forest, Sunderban, has already shown dying out affect due
to increase in Salinity level in the estuarine rivers flowing through it
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Increase in
Salinity with time series in the South West Region.
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Source: Presentation made by A.N.H. Akhtar Hossain PEng, Engr. S. M. Mahbubur
Rahman and Engr. S.H.M. Fakhruddin at Press Club Dhaka.
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