Flood Action Plan

Flood‑proof living: Meet Dhaka’s floating ‘Swapner Bari’

Dr Nandan Mukherjee’s award-winning amphibious house in Dhaka is a climate-resilient, affordable innovation designed to float during floods, generate clean energy and food, and offer a sustainable solution to rising water threats in Bangladesh.

Result of govt negligence, inaction

A moderate rain for a couple of hours and much of the capital goes under ankle to knee-deep water. Why?

August 7, 2025
August 7, 2025

Flood‑proof living: Meet Dhaka’s floating ‘Swapner Bari’

Dr Nandan Mukherjee’s award-winning amphibious house in Dhaka is a climate-resilient, affordable innovation designed to float during floods, generate clean energy and food, and offer a sustainable solution to rising water threats in Bangladesh.

July 27, 2017
July 27, 2017

Result of govt negligence, inaction

A moderate rain for a couple of hours and much of the capital goes under ankle to knee-deep water. Why?