The Hatiya upazila protection embankment in Noakhali has developed cracks and become vulnerable to sudden rainfall and flood causing concern to local people.
Local people said that low land of Sukhchar, Nalchira, Chareshawar, Tomoruddi, Nolerchar and Nijumdip of Hatiya had already been inundated on Thursday night by the tidal surge promoted by depression over the Bay of Bengal.
Low lands of Hatiya went under three to four feet of water on Thursday night and Friday morning as the upazila protection embankment developed cracks, the locals said.
Anwar Khan, a farmer of the upazila, said that thousands of landless farmer's families were suffering due to water logging. 'The vulnerable condition of the upazila protection embankment causes
concern among us,' he said.
Noakhali Water Development Board executive engineer, Habibur Rahman, said, 'The authorities concerned usually work for repairing in the embankment every year before heavy rainfall in the rainy season.'
He admitted that this year the authorities had failed to carry out repair in some damaged portions of the embankment. He said that the authorities started repairing works in some damage portions of the embankment few months back but had to stop the work for fund crisis.
He also expressed his fear that the rise in water level of River Meghna in the rainy season or full moon would create a sever threat to the rest of embankment.
The executive engineer said that the high authorities had not assured them of allocation of new fund to repair the damaged
portions of the embankment.
The upazila chairman Professor Wali Ullah said that the damaged embankment caused a great concern to Hatiya dwellers. He urged the respective authority of the government to take necessary steps immediately.
Source : New Age
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