The Rainy Season in Bangladesh

The Rainy Season

There are six seasons in Bangladesh. The rainy season is the second season of them. The Bengali months‘Ashar’ and ‘Shraban’ are called the rainy season. Sometimes it begins earlier and lasts longer. Of all seasons I like the rainy season most . The rainy season is caused by monsoon . The south-west monsoon blows over Bangladesh from the Bay of Bengal from June through September. This actually brings in the rains. During the summer a large quantity of the sea-water turns into vapour. When the monsoon breaks out, the vapour is cooled and condensed

into cloud by contact with the cooler currents of the air. Thus, a heavy rainfall is caused and the rainy

season occurs in Bangladesh. During the rainy season, the sky remains cloudy. Sometimes, the sun is not seen. It remains hidden behind the clouds. It rains cats and dogs. Sometimes, it rains for days together Ponds, canals, rivers—all are filled up in this season. Rivers usually overflow their banks. Roads become muddy and in many cases unusable. In many villages, one has to go by boats. In this season, the landscape turns green. Trees shake off dry leaves and new ones sprout forth. The rainy season is surely a blessing for our country. Bangladesh is an

Rainy Season

agricultural country and most of the crops are dependent on the rain water. Current of rain water makes our soil fertile. It washes away the filth and dirt from the earth’s surface. It also purifies the atmosphere. Men can easily go from one place to another by boat. The rainy season is not blessing for us all the times. In the rainy season, the roads become muddy and slippery. The poor and the day labourers suffer much. They cannot go out of doors for work. Cattle have to suffer much. Various diseases like cholera, typhoid, and dysentery break out. Sometimes there are floods and it washes away our crops and houses. It is true that rainy season has some disadvantage. In spite of that, it is the most important season of Bangladesh. The reason behind this is that Bangladesh is an agricultural country and it mainly depends on rain for agricultural  

 

The Rainy season in Bangladesh

operation. In fact, the rainy season is a blessing to the economy of our country and the prosperity of the people. We always welcome this season and enjoy this beauty.