Climate migrants find new life in the "Village of Tenants"

Communities of Gharialdanga and Biddananda union of Kurigram, after losing all their belongings to riverbank erosion, joined forces to rent land in the nearby district of Rangpur to have a second shot at life. Instead of migrating to big cities like Dhaka, Chittagong, the displaced people moved to Thushmara Char (river island) of Rangpur, (which is now known as Bharatia Gram - Village of Tenants), where they have rented lands for cultivation and dwelling for USD 9 and 18 per year respectively.