Our Correspondent :
The overall flood situation in Karotoa river basin areas located at Palashbari and Gobindaganj upazilas of the district deteriorated further in the last 24 hours ending at 9 am on Thursday.
Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) sources said the water level of the Karotoa, one of the mighty rivers in the district, rose by 11 cm during the time due to on rush of hilly waters from the up streams and continuous rainfall in last few days. The Karotoa is now flowing 106 cm above its danger mark at Katakhali bridge point of Gobindaganj upazila.
A union parishad road at Darbosto union of the upazila had been washed away due to the pressure of the flood water, as a result a number of villages including Bogulagari, Namapara, Satabalupara, Bishwanathpur, Mariarampura, Talukrahimapur, Sapgosi, Kalkapur villages of the upazila have been flooded and at least 10,000 people of the villages have been marooned creating untold sufferings to them.
On the other hand, fresh areas of Kishoregari union of Palashbari upazila have also been inundated.
The flood affected people have taken shelter at higher places and various academic institutions of the upazila belonging to their domestic animals and poultry birds.
The standing crops like T-Aman paddy, sugar cane fields and vegetables of the upazilas went under flood water making the growers more worried about their crops and their food security.
On Thursday afternoon, deputy commissioner (DC) Abdul Matin visited the flood hit areas of the upazilas and distributed relief materials among the flood victims at Golapbagh Dakhil Madrasha of the upazila town as the chief guest.
Earlier, DC Abdul Matin addressed the relief distribution function as the chief guest and said the sufficient relief materials are in stock at the godowns of the government. There was no reason to worry about reliefs.
Upazila chairman Abdul Latif Prodhan, UNO Ramkrishna Borman, district relief and rehabilitation officer AKM Idris Ali, upazila project implementation officer Md. Zahirul Islam, political leaders and public representatives including journalists accompanied the DC during his relief distribution activity.
The overall flood situation in Karotoa river basin areas located at Palashbari and Gobindaganj upazilas of the district deteriorated further in the last 24 hours ending at 9 am on Thursday.
Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) sources said the water level of the Karotoa, one of the mighty rivers in the district, rose by 11 cm during the time due to on rush of hilly waters from the up streams and continuous rainfall in last few days. The Karotoa is now flowing 106 cm above its danger mark at Katakhali bridge point of Gobindaganj upazila.
A union parishad road at Darbosto union of the upazila had been washed away due to the pressure of the flood water, as a result a number of villages including Bogulagari, Namapara, Satabalupara, Bishwanathpur, Mariarampura, Talukrahimapur, Sapgosi, Kalkapur villages of the upazila have been flooded and at least 10,000 people of the villages have been marooned creating untold sufferings to them.
On the other hand, fresh areas of Kishoregari union of Palashbari upazila have also been inundated.
The flood affected people have taken shelter at higher places and various academic institutions of the upazila belonging to their domestic animals and poultry birds.
The standing crops like T-Aman paddy, sugar cane fields and vegetables of the upazilas went under flood water making the growers more worried about their crops and their food security.
On Thursday afternoon, deputy commissioner (DC) Abdul Matin visited the flood hit areas of the upazilas and distributed relief materials among the flood victims at Golapbagh Dakhil Madrasha of the upazila town as the chief guest.
Earlier, DC Abdul Matin addressed the relief distribution function as the chief guest and said the sufficient relief materials are in stock at the godowns of the government. There was no reason to worry about reliefs.
Upazila chairman Abdul Latif Prodhan, UNO Ramkrishna Borman, district relief and rehabilitation officer AKM Idris Ali, upazila project implementation officer Md. Zahirul Islam, political leaders and public representatives including journalists accompanied the DC during his relief distribution activity.
