BANGLADESH. Padmapukur. 2009. Flooded village of Dakkhin Jhapa. on the 'char' (silt island) of Padmapukur, in the Ganges delta. Hurricane Aila destroyed the dikes protecting from the river Khol Petua River (one of numerous distributaries of the Ganges as it nears the sea), thus causing daily flooding of the communities. Most of the displaced villagers now live in makeshift huts and tents on the dikes, while their home and villages are flooded.