the farmer mohammad newell lives in the village of dhobi ram poor. we had a lot of field scattered around the village almost a whole hectare of land. i mean only this rice field remains but the water no longer drains off. the authorities have built a new dike here and a storm shelter but the shelter is dangerously close to the river bank. and the dike has cut off mohammed's village from the rest of the region. to. the second look at this rice the roots are rotting i have no idea what to do now. should i move. allah help me and show me the way. he kabul. the local residents fear that the magna river will soon wash away everything. this is what's left of mohammed's house his young family and parents now sleep in temporary accommodations. there's an old saying in bangladesh water is the mother of our country. but mohammed believes that is no longer the case. always here on the water used to mean life to me but now it means death. and. flooding is not new in the flood country bangladesh. it was once welcomed. the rivers deposit a little soil throughout t