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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

• 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

• Ground water salinity has also been increased from 200 m mhos to about 3000 m mhos at places during post Farakka period

• Increased salinity has sweet water fish production

• 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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