The flash floods and rising of the water level of some major rivers have rendered some families homeless and submerged fresh areas in various parts of the country.
Eleven persons were killed by the flash flood in the last five days in Cox's Bazar district.
Four rivers of the country, including the mighty Jamuna and Padma, continued to flow above their flood
levels on Saturday morning and maintained a rising trend.
The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre in Dhaka on Saturday evening said that the waters of the Ganges-Padma and the Meghna river systems are likely to continue to swell in the next two days. The waters of the Brahmaputra-Jamuna river system are still rising but are likely to fall in the next two days.
The Jamuna and Ghagot in the Padma basin and Padma in the Ganges basin continued to rise on Friday, and were flowing 14, 10, and 26 centimetres above flood level at Bahadurabad, Gaibandha and Bhagyakul respectively.
The Jamuna, which has been swelling for the last few days, crossed the danger level at Bahadurabad and Sirajganj on Friday and was flowing 14cm and 1cm respectively above the flood level at 6am on Saturday, said the centre.
The water level of Padma at Bhagyakul rose by 8cm on Friday and was recorded at 26cm above the flood level on Friday morning. The Ghagot in Gaibandha was flowing 10cm above the flood level.
The New Age correspondent in Lalmonirhat reported that at least 142 families of five villages under two unions in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila have been made homeless in the last four days, from Tuesday morning to Saturday morning, due to erosion by the Teesta and Dharla rivers.
The maximum rate of erosion took place in Bapari Tari, Badai Tari and Kurul villages under Mogholhat union, and Kalmati and Bagdora villages under Khuniyagachh union in Lalmonirhat sadar upazila.
Delwar Hossain, 40, a victim of erosion in Bapari Tari village, told New Age, 'My homestead was swallowed for the fourth time by Dharla river at noon on Tuesday. Now I, with four members of my family, have taken shelter on the government road.'
The Dharla began eroding Baparitari village at morning on Tuesday and submerged numerous houses, one after another, he said.
The Union Parishad chairman in Mogholhat, Habibur Rahman, said that a total 68 homesteads in three villages in his union — Badaitari, Kurul and Baparitari —have been devoured by the Dharla in the last four days. Khuniyagachh's UP chairman, Khairuzzaman Mandal, said that the homesteads of at least 74 families in Kalmati and Bagdora villages were swallowed by the Teesta on Tuesday morning. The homeless people have taken shelter on government roads and in relative's houses, he said.
Officials in the WDB's Lalmonirhat unit said that their office has already sanctioned 2,000 sacks of sand as a primary step to check erosion. WDB officials and the locals dumped 2,000 sacks of sand on Friday morning and night to check erosion by the Teesta and Dharla.
The New Age correspondent in Jamalpur reported that due to the rising of the water level in Jamuna the situation has deteriorated in the flooded Islampur upazila. In the last 24 hours the Jamuna rose by 4cm and was flowing 14cm above the danger level at Bahadurabad Ghat point, according to WDB sources.
Upazila nirbahi officer Md Anwar Hossain Akhand said that water has entered the houses in low-lying areas because the Horindhara dam was breeched at some points due to the onslaught of floodwater.
Our correspondent in Cox's Bazar reported that eleven persons, including a student, were killed by the flash flood in the last five days. But a staffer of Cox's Bazar district control room told New Age that eight persons had been killed by flood and landslides. The government has sanctioned 166 tonnes of rice, 90 bags of rice and 30 tonnes of molasses, along with Tk 5.70 lakh, as general relief for flood victims.
Vehicular movement remained suspended on the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf highway due to the collapse of one bridge near the link road from July 20 morning.
The homes of five lakh people of 150 villages of Cox's Bazar sadar, Chakoria, Moheskhali, Ramu, Teknaf, Ukhiya and Pekoua upazilas have been inundated by three to four feet of floodwater. Some thousands of dwelling houses have been submerged. Several educational institutions including colleges, high schools, madrassahs and primary schools, have been closed down.
The flood victims are suffering from lack of drinking water because almost all the tube-wells have been submerged by floodwater.
Soruce : New Age
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