Md Mosabbir Ali back from Kamalganj :
Incessant rainfall in the last few days has triggered flooding situations Kamalganj and Kulaura upazilas in Moulvibazar districts.
Khowai, Manu and Dhalai rivers have swelled up, flooding a number of villages in Moulvibazar
According to latest report, Manu was flowing 175 centimetres above the danger level at Manu Railway Bridge point in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar. Also, the Dhalai was flowing 52 centrimetres over the danger level at Dhalai Bridge point in Kamalganj.
The water levels may rise in the next 24 hours, says Shankar Chakraborty, executive engineer of Water Development Board’s (WDB) local office.
He said, the onrush of water from Indian state of Tripura is adding to the swelling of rivers in addition to the incessant monsoon rains since Wednesday.
A number of villages in Kamalganj and Kulaura upazilas have been inundated due to the swelling of the rivers, he said.
The upazila administration of Kamalganj has distributed rice among 125 flood-affected families in Karimpur and Munshibazar areas today, said Mohammad Mahmudul Huq, Kamalganj upazila nirbahi officer (UNO).
All kinds of establishments and croplands in the three upazilas, including educational institutions, mosques, temples and fisheries, went under water due to the flashflood.
The flood-affected people of the area have been passing a miserable time under the open sky without food, drinking water and medicine.
Also, the bridge constructed on the Manu River is at risk due to the flood water.
Local people alleged that the circumstances have deteriorated as the local office of the Water Development Board (WDB) did not take necessary steps to save the embankments.
However, locals tried their best to protect the embankments, said Tilagoan Union Parishad chairman M Abdul Malik, adding that several hundred volunteers have been working to protect the dam on the Manu River at Miarpara and Khandakarer villages.
Chairman of Sharifpur Union Parishad Md Junab Ali said some 200-250 feet of the flood protection embankment was dissolved in the riverbed at Chatalghat village, keeping the bridge over the Manu River in a vulnerable situation.
Muklesur Rahman, assistant engineer of WDB, said the water of Manu River was flowing some 175 centimetres over the danger line at Manu Railway Bridge..
Incessant rainfall in the last few days has triggered flooding situations Kamalganj and Kulaura upazilas in Moulvibazar districts.
Khowai, Manu and Dhalai rivers have swelled up, flooding a number of villages in Moulvibazar
According to latest report, Manu was flowing 175 centimetres above the danger level at Manu Railway Bridge point in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar. Also, the Dhalai was flowing 52 centrimetres over the danger level at Dhalai Bridge point in Kamalganj.
The water levels may rise in the next 24 hours, says Shankar Chakraborty, executive engineer of Water Development Board’s (WDB) local office.
He said, the onrush of water from Indian state of Tripura is adding to the swelling of rivers in addition to the incessant monsoon rains since Wednesday.
A number of villages in Kamalganj and Kulaura upazilas have been inundated due to the swelling of the rivers, he said.
The upazila administration of Kamalganj has distributed rice among 125 flood-affected families in Karimpur and Munshibazar areas today, said Mohammad Mahmudul Huq, Kamalganj upazila nirbahi officer (UNO).
All kinds of establishments and croplands in the three upazilas, including educational institutions, mosques, temples and fisheries, went under water due to the flashflood.
The flood-affected people of the area have been passing a miserable time under the open sky without food, drinking water and medicine.
Also, the bridge constructed on the Manu River is at risk due to the flood water.
Local people alleged that the circumstances have deteriorated as the local office of the Water Development Board (WDB) did not take necessary steps to save the embankments.
However, locals tried their best to protect the embankments, said Tilagoan Union Parishad chairman M Abdul Malik, adding that several hundred volunteers have been working to protect the dam on the Manu River at Miarpara and Khandakarer villages.
Chairman of Sharifpur Union Parishad Md Junab Ali said some 200-250 feet of the flood protection embankment was dissolved in the riverbed at Chatalghat village, keeping the bridge over the Manu River in a vulnerable situation.
Muklesur Rahman, assistant engineer of WDB, said the water of Manu River was flowing some 175 centimetres over the danger line at Manu Railway Bridge..
