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Environmental issue: The Ghoramara island

On 28 August 2017 in Ghoramara, India. Ghoramara village is fighting with the problem of breaking river banks for several years to retain its existence. Ghoramara is an island located in the South 24- Parganas , 150kms south of Kolkata, India on the South Delta Complex of the Bay of Bengal. It is one of the 54 islands of the Sundarbans deltaic region which is withering away extensively than predicted. The continual rise in sea level due to Global warming is a major threat to the low-lying islands like Ghoramara. Over the last few decades, the island has lost almost 75% of its land and is now left with 3.3 Sq. Km area. The frequent cyclones and tidal floods in this region everyday swallow bits and pieces of this island and soon to be completely gulped by the outrageous sea. (Photo by Sushavan Nandy/NurPhoto)

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