Three people including a child drowned in Cox's Bazar and Bandarban on Tuesday in unusually strong river currents.
Mohammad Arafan, 12, a madrasa student, of Teknaf upazila of the district was swept by the strong current while he was crossing a stream, said Mahbubul Haque, officer-in-charge of Teknaf Police Station. Locals recovered the body.
Nojibul Haque, 32, of Ramu upazila in Bandarban drowned while crossing another stream with his cattle. The onrush of water from upstream washed him away.
In another incident, Sultan Ahmed, 30, died while trying to save two women from drowning. The women were crossing a dam at Kawyerkup union in Cox's Bazar, a correspondent from Cox's Bazar reports.
Incessant rain for the last four days triggered unusually strong currents in streams and rivers of the hilly areas.
Nearly two lakh people in Cox's Bazar have been marooned as a 596km long cross-dam developed breaches in at least 80 spots, said Md Mohiuddin, executive engineer of Cox's Bazar Water Development Board.
Source : The Daily Star
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