THE BIRTH OF AN ISLAND AND EXTENSION OF FOREST IN THE SUNDARBAN AREA OF THE BAY OF BENGAL

(Steps 9,10,11 and 12)

Step 9. 

New shoots are emerging from the root system and acquiring more spaces.

Step 10. 

Grasses are growing more and acquiring spaces all over the island @ 360^o horizontally.

Step 11.

At last the green gasses have covered almost all over the new island.

Step 12. 

By this time, other species of salinity tolerant plantlets come through water streams to occupy the island. Some Sundari plantlets are seen germinating here.  

THE BIRTH OF AN ISLAND AND EXTENSION OF FOREST IN THE SUNDARBAN AREA OF THE BAY OF BENGAL

(Steps 4,5,6,7 and 8)

Step 4. Another newly grown up island is seen on the left side of the photograph. Only different types of salinity tolerant plants have started occupying the land at the moment. Consequently, animals will start coming later after ensuring their food.

Step 5. At first, the Salinity tolerant grasses start growing on the new-born island. Burgeoning roots are the vegetative propagation material of the grasses that start growing new leafs soon after anchoring their roots in the top soil. Sprouting roots are seen on the soft muddy soil.

Step 6. Constant deposition of silts soon covers up the roots of the grass that enables the root system consuming of more nutrients for a vigorous and continuous growth.

	7. Strongly established grass bushes are growing and becoming taller Step 8. Everyday and night rivers have been continuously bringing new raw materials to form the islands in the Bay of Bengal. Sunset is being seen from a new born island near Sundarban.

THE Birth of an island AND EXTENSION OF forest IN the sundarban area of the bay of bengal

(Step 2 & 3)

Step 2. Within 10-15 days, freshwater weeds like water hyacinths die due to excess salinity in the water. At the entering points of the Bay of Bengal there are no water hyacinths seen floating on the Channels. After complete decomposition of the living freshwater fauna, their residues and other river sediments are deposited on the bottom of the Bay of Bengal.

                                     (Photo: Mohammad Abdullah)

You may notice there are no water hyacinth floating in the river.

Step 3. 

A new-born island in the Bay of Bengal. Till the moment, no human being steps on this virgin island for cultivation or living.

(Photo: Mohammad Abdullah)

THE BIRTH OF AN ISLAND AND EXTENSION OF FOREST IN THE SUNDARBAN AREA OF THE BAY OF BENGAL

The Sundarban is the largest single mangrove in the world. "Sundarban" literally means "Beautiful jungle" or "beautiful forest" in the Bangla language. The name Sundarban may have been derived from the Sundari trees that are commonly found in Sundarban in large numbers.

The forest lies at the mouth of the Ganges and is spread across areas of Bangladesh and West Bengal, India, forming the seaward fringe of the delta. The forest covers about 10,000 sq.km of which about 6,000 are in Bangladesh. It became a UNESCO world heritage site in 1997. The Sundarban is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and very small Char area (islands) of salt-tolerant mangrove forests  (Source: Wikipedia). The area is known for the Royal Bengal Tiger, as well as numerous fauna including species of birds, spotted deer, crocodiles and snakes. It is estimated that there are now about 450 Royal Bengal tigers and 50,000 spotted deer in the area.  

The forest also has immense protective and productive functions. Constituting 51% of the total reserved forest estate of Bangladesh it contributes about 41% of total forest revenue and accounts for about 45% of all timber and fuel wood output of the country (FAO, 1995). 

A number of industries (e.g. newsprint mill, match factory, hardboard, boat building, furniture making) are based on the raw material obtained from the Sundarban ecosystem. Various non-timber forest products and plantations help generate considerable employment and income generation opportunities for at least half a million poor coastal population. Besides production functions of the forest, it provides natural protection to life and properties of the coastal population in cyclone prone Bangladesh. 

We will tell the story of the development and extension of a jungle adjacent to the Sundarban area. There will be about 30-40 photographs in this story. All of them are shoot by me during the visits in Sundarban from 2008 to 2013. We will show you the process of developing and extension of the jungle by showing you the photographs chronologically. 

If you have anything to share, you may please comment below and share your opinion with us.

                                                                   (Photo: Mohammad Abdullah)

Photo 1:

In the Sundarban area, river carries the silts, land wastage, water hyacinths and other organic garbage from all over the country towards the Bay of Bengal. 

You may notice the water hyacinth floating in the river.

Can we do something to sustain 

these smiles longer

They need some nutritious food. They need some good education. They also need some other persons love and care who can share their smiles with them. Both of them are politically very conscious.

Left one is Sumon; he supports Awami League and likes Sheikh Hasina. Right one is Arif. He likes Khaleda Zia and supports BNP. Although they have huge differences in political opinions; however, in principle they were agreed to pose for a photograph together.  The photo was taken from Mirpur area of Dhaka city in 2010. 

Few days before, a man in the bus in a gossip was commenting that politicians are the most important daughters and sons of the soils of Bangladesh. Because whatever good, bad or indifferent things have been done in favor or against Bangladesh, they are the politicians who have done it. The so called Sushil Somaaz and the rich knowledgeable Aantels have done nothing except reciting few lines from some poems compared to the politicians.

Still now, I am looking for a nice and good answer to the comment.

"Honey Saline!"

 - A breakthrough in ORS formulation.

  

Diarrhea is one of the most rapid-acting fatal diseases known in the World. Globally, diarrhea kills more children than AIDS in each year. About two million people die every year from diarrhea; among them, 90% are children under 5 and mostly they are from the developing countries. 

Since the discovery in the mid-1960s by International Cholera and Diarrheal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B) Oral Saline (ORS) has created more impact than Penicillin in saving human lives, become the keystone of modern therapy for diarrhea and acknowledged as "the greatest medical discovery of the 20th century," that has saved countless lives around the world. 

Mr. Mohammad Abdullah from Dhaka, Bangladesh has made a small breakthrough in the formulation of ORS, that has been found crucially effective in combating diarrhea during the last ten years of his research. It has been observed that on first sight of diarrhea, administering of the modified honey ORS to the patient, the disease could be immediately stopped on more than 95% incidences. Honey based oral Saline works on diarrhea patient just like a Magic, Miracle or Mozeza (you name it). 

This small but effective breakthrough has been made by Mohammad Abdullah in the formulation of ORS - Just by replacing the cane sugar with Natural Honey as honey also contains the two main sugars, i.e., fructose and glucose. 

It has been found in recent scientific research that honey also prevents the development of harmful bacteria and other pathogenic micro organisms in the human digestive system. 

The amount of other two components in the ors formulation, i.e., water and table salt (sodium chloride) will remain the same. 

The basic formulation of the oral Honey Saline is: One pinch (with two fingers only) of Salt (i.e., sodium chloride), 250 ml of Water and 45 ml (3 table spoons) of pure, Natural Honey; that's all. 

Now, we want to share this information among all of us, specially where there is no doctor so that it can be widely utilized to save the children over the Globe. The idea have been developed for the poor people of the World and the inventor did not apply for a government patent registration for his invention. The idea needs to be circulated free of cost, so that the poor people can save the lives of their kids, especially where there is no trained physician. 

Insha-Allah, it is expected that the information will save the lives of millions of low income group people around the world in the coming years and this act of human life-saving will be the most unique return for us from the innovation. We request your cooperation in disseminating the information.