The changing addresses of MANJOOR ALAM, 52
Lives in Khatiakhana char, Hamidpur, a no-man’s land off Malda in mid-Ganga Grew up in Katlamari, Hamidpur mouja, 3 km away In 1979, set up a house in this very spot after erosion claimed his home and land In 1982, moved 10 km to a char after land was lost to erosion again. This char was close to Jharkhand (then Bihar) than Bengal In 1988, moved further 3 km westward after the river changed course and submerged the thatched house In 1998, had to shift 2 km more to the west due to erosion In 2003, learnt that a char had surfaced in Hamidpur and travelled 15 km east to land at the very spot where he had lived in 1979
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