For weeks, the tides have been clawing away at the muddy embankments of the Sunderbans. In islands like Ghoramara and Mousuni, families are packing their lives into plastic sheets. This isn't just a natural disaster; it's a policy failure. As an investigative journalist, I traveled to the frontlines of climate change to document the stories of those displaced by rising waters.
"The sea took my home last year. This year it wants my land. The government gives us plastic tarpaulins, but we need embankments, not charity." — Haripada Mondal, resident.
In our latest investigation for The concrete News, we uncover the bureaucratic delays in building concrete retaining walls and the misappropriation of climate rehabilitation funds. It is time for the administration to move from paper plans to physical actions. Read the full exposé in our upcoming print edition.