Community people demand for ensuring pure drinking water

Radio Sundorban is situated at Koyra upazila of Khulna near World’s biggest mangrove forest Sundarban. Radio Sundarban is working to raise awareness among the deprived marginal people for technical education. It is working to uphold the rights of ethnic minority community living in the areas and surroundings of Sundarban through community magazine program and aware policy makers through these programs.

The community people demand to the government to take initiative for protection from thunderstorm and providing technical support for prevention of thunderstorm, river erosion and ensure pure drinking water by installing deep tube-well and supply saline tolerant crops for Khulna area.

Radio Sundarban is playing significant role for dissemination of early warning messages, local weather messages, coping mechanism to disasters, information recovery and rehabilitation and also information on first aid, evacuation, cyclone shelters and standing orders on disaster after cautionary signal no. 4 and other GoB instructions on emergency basis.

It has given emphasis on several other programs on conservation of Mangrove forest Sundarban, community development, agriculture, adult and children education, health care of coastal people, mother and child’s healthcare. Marginal people are getting chance to raise their issues through Radio Sundarban and respective authority are taking various steps for promoting rights of marginalized people.

Sundarban broadcasted cautionary forecast relentlessly on preparedness of disaster, during the time of disaster and post disaster like Mahasen, Komen, Roanu, Mora and Fani. Moreover, programs on environment and climate change as per Bangladesh Climate change strategy and action plan are also broadcasted.

Appreciable programs in the radio’s current programs list are on awareness raising during disasters, necessary preparations for cyclone and climate changes. Moreover, agriculture-based programs have already become popular with local farmers making queries of important information on agriculture.