Incessant rainfall for the third consecutive day because of a strong monsoon over the north Bay of Bengal inundated vast low-lying areas and triggered landslide in Bandarban in which a woman and her child were killed on Tuesday.
The local administration, quoting fire fighters, said that Razia Begum and her six-month-old son Abu Bakar died as a portion of a hill fell on their house at Kalaghata Ramjadi of Rowangchari in Bandarban.
Two others injured in the incident were admitted to Bandarban General Hospital, sources in the administration added.
The Met Office in Dhaka said that the squally weather could affect maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar and Mongla which have been advised to keep hoisted local cautionary signal 3.
The flood forecasting and warning centre of the Bangladesh Water Development Board said that the River Padma had receded slightly but was flowing 35 centimetres above danger mark at Bhagyajul and above 9 centimeters at Goalunda.
The River Arialkhan at Madaripur, the Kobadak at Jhikargacha and the Matamuhuri at Lama were also flowing above their danger level by 12cm, 12cm and 100cm at 6:00am on Tuesday, the warning centre said.
Significant rainfall recorded in 24 hours till 6:00am on Tuesday was 170 millimetre in Lama, 145mm in Teknaf, 140mm in Rangamati, 124.5mm in Satkhira, 115mm in Dhaka, 105.7mm in Mymensingh and 100mm in Jamalpur.
In the capital, overnight rainfall inundated many areas such as Mirpur, Motijheel, Jatrabari, Shantinagar and Mouchak, hindering people's movement.
The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority, however, said that special measures had been taken to flush out rain waters that collected in low-lying areas and the striking force on Monday night opened all manhole covers to drain out the water.
The port city of Chittagong also experienced water stagnation in many places such as Agrabad, Bahaddarhat, Halishahar, Chawk Bazar and business hub Chaktai-Khatunganj straining people's life, halting economic activities and snapping road communications on Tuesday.
The Met Office recorded 178.4 millimetres of rainfall in the city in 24 hours till 3:00pm and it said that a light-to-medium rainfall could take place in different parts of the region in 24 hours.
Traffic came to a halt because of water stagnation on many city roads in areas such as Port Connecting Road, Agrabad Access Road, Sheikh Mujib Road, Station Road and CDA Avenue.
The New Age correspondent in Satkhira said that water spilling over the River Kobadak that became silted up inundated 12 unions of Tala and 6 unions of Kalaroa.
Most of the betel leaf plantations have been inundated because of the rainfall that had continued for four days, local people said on Tuesday.
The worst affected unions are Sarulia, Tala sadar, Islamkati, Dhandia, Kumira, Khalishkhali, Magura, Jalalpur and Nagarghata at Tala and Deara, Jugikhali, Joynagar and Jalalabad at Kalaroa.
According to the agricultural extension department, about 1470 hectares of newly transplanted aman, 20 hectares of seedbed, 120 hectares of turmeric, 15 hectares of vegetables and 45 hectares other crops have been damaged because of the inundation.
More than 145 shrimp enclosures and 1674 fish-farming ponds in the area have been affected, sources in the fisheries department said.
The correspondent in Barisal said that torrential rain and the low that formed over the north Bay had disrupted normal life in the region. People preferred staying indoors. Academic activities in educational institutions were hampered.
A sudden onrush of upstream water triggered flash flood and caused erosion of river banks in the south, local Water Development Board officials said.
Residents of Patuakhali and Barguna suffered because of water stagnation caused by poor drainage system.
People said that although the rain had provided them a respite from sweltering heat, it ad increased the sufferings of low-income groups, makeshift shopkeepers, hawkers and day labourers.
Department of Agriculture Extension officials said that the rain had inundated seed beds of aman and water stagnation had damaged standing crops.
The correspondent in Lalmonirhat said that more than 12,000 families in five upazilas of the district were sufferings because of the flash floods.
The correspondent in Sariatpur said the Padma, Meghna, Arialkhan and Kirtinasha rivers were in full spate and eroded vast areas along their banks at Naria, Jazira and Bhederganj.
Source : New Age
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