![]() ![]() High tides and floods play havoc on the fragile embankments, displacing hundreds of islanders every year. Flowing down from the mighty Himalayas the river brings more and more snowmelt along as it empties into the Bay of Bengal. Global warming has caused the river to grow. There has been no resettlement initiative from the government,” said Anwara Bibi, 30, a resident of Nimtala village on the island. “Over the last two decades I’ve lost 1.2 hectares of cultivable land to the Muriganga river and had to shift my home four times. Located 150km south of Kolkata in the Bay of Bengal’s Sunderban delta, the island, once spanning more than 20sq km, has been reduced to an area of merely 5sq km. Ghoramara, India – Ghoramara island is known as the “sinking island”. ![]()
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