JAMUNA river erosion has taken a serious turn in the Brahmaputra Right Embankment area in Sirajganj and Bogra, so did on the eve of the current dry season. With the changing trends, the mighty Jamuna is directly hitting the flood control embankment at Sailabari and Shimla points under sadar upazila, Shubhagachha and Meghai points under Kazipur upazila in Sirajganj. Similarly, it is also hitting at Bhanderbari point under Dhunat upazila, Talukdarpara and Karnabari points under Sariakandi upazila in Bogra. WDB officials said some parts of the flood control embankment stretching about 160 metres in the Bhandarbari area had been eroded within a month and the River Bangali, at present, was flowing about 350 metres away on the western side of the Jamuna. If the erosion continues its havoc, both rivers might be attached within a very short time, which will result in devouring of a vast tract of cropland and a good number of dwelling houses of the area, local people said. Similarly, if the flood control embankment erodes in the Sailabari-Shimla areas, the Jamuna might be linked with the River Ichhamati during flood and a vast tract of cultivable land and a good number of dwelling houses in Sirajganj would be devoured, they said. A team of high officials of the Bangladesh Water Development Board led by its director general, Hossain Shahid Mozadded Faruque, recently visited about 50-km river area from Sirajganj