At least 1.5 lakh people have been marooned in flash floods in Bandarban due to incessant rains and water rushing down from hills over the last two days.
A vast area of all the six unions--Aziznagar, Lama, Gazalia, Rupshipara, Fasiakhali, Sarai--in Lama upazila submerged, an official of the district administration said.
The sudden floods have affected at least 4,000 families in the upazila, and 12 people have been reportedly injured in the rush of flood water. Of them, five were admitted to a local hospital in Chakaria, said Ismail, chairman of Lama upazila.
Visiting the area yesterday the Star correspondent found that some parts of the banks of the river Matamuhuri were eroded by water running off the hills.
Heavy rainfall has confined Hajera Begum of Lama Bazar to her home for the last two days.
Though some officers of the local administration visited the area, they did not offer any help to the flood victims, she complained.
Different government offices including Lama upazila office, police station, agriculture office and food stores went under waist-deep water.
Amir Hossain, a shopkeeper at Lama Bazar, said flood water entered his shop Monday midnight and damaged all of his rice.
Lama Bazar has been closed for the last two days as most of it went under water, said Jalal Uddin, a fish trader at the bazar.
Asked about the relief programme, Upazila Nirbahi Officer Saiful Islam said they were yet to assess the affected areas and people. The authorities would start distributing relief materials after the assessment is done, he added.
Nurul Abser, assistant district commissioner of Bandarban, said all the seven upazilas of the district were affected by the recent floods.
Source : The Daily Star
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