Kurigram, March 13 -- Once known for relentless riverbank erosion and declining navigability, the Dharla River in Kurigram is slowly regaining its vitality as an ongoing dredging project deepens the riverbed and stabilises its flow.

For decades, riverside communities lived under constant threat as the shifting course of the Dharla devoured homes and farmland.

But with dredging now underway along a key stretch of the river, the once-volatile waterway is gradually becoming calmer and more predictable, said locals.

Originating in India's Cooch Behar district, the transboundary Dharla River enters Bangladesh through Chengrabandha in Patgram and Mogolhat in Lalmonirhat before flowing through Kurigram's Fulbari, Sadar and Ulipur upazilas.

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