Bangladesh is gifted with many rivers. No other country in the world has so many rivers as Bangladesh. In fact, rivers are a great source of her health, wealth and joy.
The padma, the megna the jamuna, the megna, the Brahmaputra and the karnafuli are the main rivers become full in rainy season.
The rivers serve us in many ways. (1) they carry a great deal of silt, scattered over lands, makes the soil alluvial and fertile. As a result better crops are grown. We also use river water for irrigation in the dry season. (2) the rivers are easy means of communication. People can travel to every corner of the country by boat or by steamer or by launch. Business goods are transported through the river way. (3) the rivers flowing town from the hills have strong current that can produce electricity. (4) moreover, these, rivers give us plenty of fish. Many of the people earn their living by fishing.
Rivers are not unmixed blessings. They overflow their banks, cause floods and damage crops. Thus they often bring us miseries and misfortunes.
These rivers are the heart of our agriculture. We are to depend on rivers for fertility of soil and for steady supply of water. If floods are controlled, these rivers will always be beneficial to us.
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