Standing on the edge: Residents are being forced to relocate as their homes edge dangerously close to the Padma yesterday amid sudden erosion in Kathuria area of Palerchar union under Jajira upazila in Shariatpur. About 100 metres of land, including a road and two electricity poles, have already been devoured by the river. Now nearly three kilometres of land stretching from the southern end of the Padma Bridge to Palerchar is at risk, according to the local Water Development Board. Photo: Jahid Hasan