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Amphan destruction highlights Sundarbans need a different development model

Human interference and a flawed development model are making cyclones more destructive for the ecologically fragile region, writes Namrata Acharya

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If these embankments are not repaired before monsoons, which is just a few weeks away, many more villages would be inundated and salinised in the next few days.

Namrata Acharya Kolkata

6 min read Last Updated : May 31 2020 | 2:08 AM IST

On May 20, when Amphan, the tropical cyclone that ravaged coastal West Bengal, was gathering pace, a 12-year-old child of Indrapur village in the Sundarbans stepped out of his house to answer nature’s call. From out of nowhere, a monstrous spell of wind blew up a nearby asbestos roof that cut right across the child’s neck, killing him on the spot.

That’s just one story in the trail of destruction caused by Amphan, as it swept a part of humanity in the Sundarban deltaic region with gusts of 185 kmph and waves 15 feet tall. Nevertheless, all the 102 islands

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