Bangladesh is located in a disaster prone area due to its geographical location in the world. Deltaic formation

and location by the coastal side is the reason for more disaster in the area. According to the Global Climate

Risk Index,2010 published by German Watch, an international Research organization that there are 10 most

disaster prone countries in the world due to climate change in the world and considering the intensity of loss

and damages among these countries Bangladesh is the top most. The history of the natural disaster of the

country can be remembered with great note. From different statistics it is found that the severe tidal surge

occurred in 27 October, 1 November, 1886 caused severe devastation of life and properties in Patuakhali,

Noakhali and Chittagong districts where 4 lacs of people lost their lives. One lac 75 thousand people died

and huge and unlimited amount of properties affected by severe Hurricane and tidal surge in Chittagong and

Kutubdia island in October,1897. One lac 20 thousand people died by the cyclone and tidal surge of April,

1911 in Teknaf; About three lacc people died, unlimited number of livestocks and crops and properties of

vast areas were affected in the coastal areas of Khulna and Chittagong by the severe cyclone and tidal surge

of November, 1970. The cyclone and tidal surge of April, 1991 caused death of one lac 45 thousand people,

70 thousand livestock and huge quantity of crops affected in the coastal areas of Patuakhali and Cox’s Bazar.

Besides the severe cyclone (Sidre) of November, 2007 affected Barguna, Patuakhali, Pirojpur, and Bagerhat

where 3406 people died , 1003 people were lost, and about 55 thousand people were injured. Crops and

properties amounting about Taka eight thousand crore were affected by the severe cyclone (Aila) of 2009.

And more than 15 lac people were affected and 45 thousand homesteads were damaged completely by the

severe cyclone (Mohosen) in 2013.

From the above mentioned history it is observed that more or less different disasters occurred in Chittagong

district like flood, river erosion, landslide from the hills. But the big disasters which occurred in Bangladesh

almost all of them hit Chittagong and affected the life and properties. As a result a negative impact was

created on the economy of Chittagong as well as of the country. The people of the country as well as the

Government have been successfully and skillfully facing the disasters which have been praised by the people

of the world and working as a role model

The economy of Bangladesh which has been facing huge losses due to the disaster in each year and if it can

be reduced in that cases the country can be elevated to a developed country soon in the world. With this

objective the Ministry of Disaster and Relief, Government of Bangladesh under the Comprehensive Disaster

Management Programme (CDMP) has initiated the programme of preparing Disaster Management Plan at

District and Upazila level with the participation of all concerned.