RIVER BANK EROSION IN WEST BENGAL

River bank erosion is a common problem in deltaic region. It denotes the lateral erosion of river. But the impact is devastating, River bank erosion has negative impacts on human life. It displaces many people as it destroys the villages along the river. People becomes homeless, jobless, landless. It causes forced migration with socio- economic insecurity. It generates neo-refugee within the country, The paper highlights on the causes of river bank erosion, present scenario of west Bengal and impacts of bank erosion.