Document #1324960

TNH – The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News) (Author)

Precarious lives of river island dwellers

http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=77342

ecoi.net description:
Article on the 600,000 inhabitants of river islands; they are regularly displaced due to flooding and erosion; lack of most basic facilities and services as health, education, and electricity; main problem is the issue of sanitation and access to clean drinking water
Country:
Bangladesh
Source:
TNH – The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News) (Author)
Original link:
http://www.IRINnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=77342
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
19 March 2008
Document ID:
1324960 (former ID 93749)

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