Myanmar: Risk of Floods as Myanmar Builds Bridge Near Border

Jan 10, 2019 | Abdul Aziz, Coxs Bazar
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The Myanmar government is building a bridge on Tambru canal close to Bangladesh’s barbed- wire border fence. Built on Myanmar’s land, the bridge has too many pylons, which could cause waterlogging during the next monsoon season. The possible waterlogging scenario threatens to cause flash floods which could wash away a Rohingya refugee camp located in the nearby no man’s land. The floods, if they occur, could also maroon around 10,000 local Bangladeshi people.