The River Jamuna was flowing 9 centimetres above the danger level at Sirajganj Sunday morning worsening flood situation in five upazilas of the district.
Flood rendered 50,000 people marooned in Shahjadpur, Chouhali, Belkuchi, Sirajganj sadar and Kazipur upazilas.
Hundreds of people have become homeless in different unions situated on the bank of the Jamuna in the five upazilas.
Scores of families displaced by flood have taken shelter on flood protection embankments in Sirajganj and other upazilas in the last 48 hours ending 6:00pm on Sunday.
Earlier, Hard Point of Sirajganj town protection embankment caved in twice, leaving 400 meters of Hard Point going under river bed, sending panic wave across the town and foreshores in sadar upazila.
Low-lying areas of Shahjadpur, Chouhali, Belkuchi, Sirajganj sadar and Kazipur have been inundated with crops, especially paddy on thousands of hectares washed away. Besides, seed-bed on several hundred acres perished.
Many dwelling houses, school buildings, mosques, post office and markets damaged.
Worst affected upazilas are Shahjadpur and Kazipur. Road communications between Sirajganj and Shahjadpur and Kazipur were snapped.
Road link of the two upazila headquarters with rest of the district has been de-linked as roads went under knee-deep water in many places.
Incessant rains in the last several days coupled with onrush of water from upstream have caused rivers including the Jamuna abnormally swell overflowing their banks, inundating hundreds of villages in different unions of the 5 upazilas, local administration officials said.
Source : New Age
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