At least 300 families at village Gobordhon of Mohishkhocha union at Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat have been rendered homeless during the last two days due to the devastating erosion by the River Teesta, according to the local and administration sources.
Many other families are leaving the village fearing further erosion of the Teesta swelling due to rainfall and gushing water from upstream.
Hafizur Rahman, a resident of village Gobordhon, said that the erosion by the Teesta had taken a serious turn and eroded his house on Sunday. He along with his four family members had taken shelter in relative's house in a neighbouring village, he said.
Some 300 families in this village had been rendered homeless in the last two days, he added.
'A vast portion of land with standing crops and homestead has been eroded forcing many to live under the open sky, said villager Azizul Islam.
The Mohishkhocha union parishad chairman, Mosaddek Hossain Chowdhury, said that more than 300 homesteads had been devoured by the River Teesta erosion at village Gobordhan Spar Colony in the last two days.
Some of the affected had taken shelter in houses of their relatives but most of them remained under the open sky, he added.
'I have already informed the situation to Aditmari upazila nirbahi officer, deputy commissioner of the district and the Bangladesh Water Development Board seeking their assistance,' Chowdhury said.
The Aditmari upazila nirbahi officer, Parvez Hasan, said that the higher authority had been informed the situation for taking necessary steps including relief.
The Lalmonirhat WDB executive engineer, Enayet Ullah, said that he had visited the area and sent a letter to higher authority seeking necessary fund for checking the Teesta's erosion at village Gobordhan Spar Colony.
Meanwhile, the flood situation in Lalmonirhat started improving with the Teesta receding below its flood level on Monday morning, the Lalmonirhat WDB sources said.
The flood hits people who took shelter on government roads, schools and college were returning to their respective homes, but people of some areas of village Gobordhan at Aditmari upazila, villages Goddimari and Sindurna of Hatibandha upazila and village Kalmati of Sadar upazila were still suffering, locals said.
Mohishkhocha UP chairman Mosaddek Hossain Chowdhury said that over a thousand families in shoals and low lying areas were living with the floods due to spill over of the Teesta.
Source : New Age
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