Problems Confronted by the Displacees due to River Erosion

The main focus of the study was to assess the problems confronted by the displacees due to river erosion and socio-demograpic factors affecting their problem confrontation. The study was conducted in Mehendigonj upazila of Barisal district. Data were collected by the researcher himself during May to June 2010 by using a pre-tested interview schedule. Eleven socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents were considered as the independent variables, while problem confrontation of the respondents due toy river erosion was the dependent variable of the study. Findings of the study reveal that majority of the respondents (76%) faced high level of problems due to river erosion. Correlation analysis evince that age, number of shifting and fatalism had significant positive relationship while total family member, earning family member, annual family income and extension contact had significant negative relationship with the respondents problem confrontation. Three leading problems were ‘lack of housing facility’, ‘lack of hard cash’ and ‘lack of government incentive’. Education program and creation of IGA are highly recommended to lessen the miseries of the river erosion affected people.