About 80 per cent of the land of Bangladesh falls under the flood plain and as much as 34 per cent of its land area goes under water for about five to seven months in every year (MoEF, 2005; Islam, 2004).
About 80 per cent of the land of Bangladesh falls under the flood plainand as much as 34 per cent of its land area goes under water for about five to sevenmonths in every year (MoEF, 2005; Islam, 2004).