Staff Reporter :
The death toll in the massive landslides that struck three hill districts– Rangamati, Bandarban and Chittagong early Tuesday rose to 152 on Thursday.
The bodies of three more landslide victims, including a missing army man, were recovered from different parts of the Rangamati district on Thursday.
Army personnel and fire service men are carrying out rescue operations in different parts of the district.
Officials feared the death toll could rise as rescuers could not reach the remote parts of the region where telephone and transport links had been cut.
Mohamamd Shahidullah, Additional Superintendent of Rangamati (Sadar), said army personnel and fire fighters carried out rescue operation for the 3rd consecutive day on Thursday.
“Later they recovered the body of Azizul, a army man, near the Manikchhari army camp while the bodies of a woman and a man near Rangamati Circuit House and Bhedbhedi BADC Post office area respectively,” he told local journalists.
Meanwhile, the residents of the hilly region, worst hit by the recent landslides, have been passing their days amid an acute shortage of water and power crisis for the last four days.
Besides, the sudden price hike of essentials and fuel crisis in the local market have intensified the miseries of the residents.
Power supply in the district town remained snapped for the last four days,
putting the residents into darkness.
The refueling stations and the retail shops of fuel were closed in the district town creating an acute fuel crisis. Besides, the road communications of the district with other parts of the region are yet to be restored. However, army personnel started working to clear the roads.
Meanwhile, the local administration has formed three committees to ascertain the losses caused by the hillslides in the district.
The government has announced to provide Tk 50 lakh in cash and 100 tonnes of rice among the victims.
The death toll in the massive landslides that struck three hill districts– Rangamati, Bandarban and Chittagong early Tuesday rose to 152 on Thursday.
The bodies of three more landslide victims, including a missing army man, were recovered from different parts of the Rangamati district on Thursday.
Army personnel and fire service men are carrying out rescue operations in different parts of the district.
Officials feared the death toll could rise as rescuers could not reach the remote parts of the region where telephone and transport links had been cut.
Mohamamd Shahidullah, Additional Superintendent of Rangamati (Sadar), said army personnel and fire fighters carried out rescue operation for the 3rd consecutive day on Thursday.
“Later they recovered the body of Azizul, a army man, near the Manikchhari army camp while the bodies of a woman and a man near Rangamati Circuit House and Bhedbhedi BADC Post office area respectively,” he told local journalists.
Meanwhile, the residents of the hilly region, worst hit by the recent landslides, have been passing their days amid an acute shortage of water and power crisis for the last four days.
Besides, the sudden price hike of essentials and fuel crisis in the local market have intensified the miseries of the residents.
Power supply in the district town remained snapped for the last four days,
putting the residents into darkness.
The refueling stations and the retail shops of fuel were closed in the district town creating an acute fuel crisis. Besides, the road communications of the district with other parts of the region are yet to be restored. However, army personnel started working to clear the roads.
Meanwhile, the local administration has formed three committees to ascertain the losses caused by the hillslides in the district.
The government has announced to provide Tk 50 lakh in cash and 100 tonnes of rice among the victims.
