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The Sundarban
Biosphere Reserve which is home to hundreds of species of animals,
birds & plants, is also located in this District. Owing to its
unique geographical location the entire ‘Sundarban Biosphere
Reserve’ and especially the 13 thickly populated riverine blocks of
the District are under constant threat of powerful nor’westers, bay
cyclones, tidal surges and constant change of courses by the numerous
distributaries in the active part of the delta.
Being a part of the active delta of the Ganga, South 24-Parganas is
basically a district of islands interspersed by many streams and a
maze of innumerable distributaries and fearfully wide tidal creeks.
It is very sad to admit that to most of these islanders’ wide roads,
safe water transport, safe jetties or bridges, electricity or
telephones are till date – distant dreams. They do not have many
strong and high buildings that can be used as shelters during large
scale disasters and they hardly have any large vessel to help large
scale evacuation. |
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