The living condition of the people of Paschim Ratiadaha part-II village under Bisondoi gaon panchayat in the far western part of the Indo-Bangladesh border in Golokganj LAC of Dhuburi district are in a deplorable state as the villagers are yet to see the development even after six decades of India's Independence. The heavy-erosion of the river Gangadhar has made more than 300 families of Ratiadaaha part-II village homeless and has devastated their cultivable lands. As a result, the homeless families have to take shelter on roads and dykes. One decade back, the people who produced 100/150 quintals of rice on their own land, engaging 5-10 labourers daily, are now earning their daily breads as day labours, rickshaw-pullers and fisherman. Every year the devastating river erodes more houses and land in the area. Heavy salination caused by the flood water spoils the cultivation. The erosion hit- people have to earn their livelihood working as labourers in factories of Guwahati, Shillong, Bihar Delhi, etc. It is a matter of great regret that these marooned people of Ratidaha Part-II sar area are yet to see any sights of development schemes. Another two erosion-hit villages adjoining Ratiadaha Part-II are Kanuri sar and Tokrasara sar. Various problems of the three sar villages have gripped the people. There is no primary school at Ratiadaha sar and though a bridge course school and an anganwadi centre are there, but due to communication problems and lack of teaching staff, the children are deprived of proper eduction. Moreover, acute poverty has compelled the children to work in factories. Though there is one primary school at Kanuri sar, it is on the way to extinction due to erosion. The area though has one venture LP school, a venture ME school and one venture LP school. In the field of health care also, the people are suffering a lot. During monsoons, due to communication problems and floods, the sar people have to completely depend on banana-rafts. Of the three sars, people of Ratiadaha part-II sar, Kanuri sar and Hazipara are yet to see the sight of electricity. People of the area said that although they are citizens of the State they have been treated as second grade citizens by the Government. They say that they hear a lot about development in Asom taking place, but they ask as to when the face of development, in its basic sense reaches the area.