Sylhet Correspondent :
The flood situation in Sunamganj has worsened with the main rivers flowing above the danger level at several points.
The Surma, the Jadukata and the Cholti rivers were flowing above the danger level on Thursday. The Water Development Board (WDB) sources said, “The Surma at Ghagot point was flowing 52 cm above the danger level.”
Many villagers have been evacuated from the flood-hit areas but many others are still stranded. The shortage of drinking water and food has intensified the sufferings of the marooned people at Barapara, Pashchim Bazar, Machh
Bazar, Shologhar and Nabinagar under Sadar upazila, Nowapara, Mohabbatpur, Chokbazar, Payekpara, Lakkhipur, Kushiara and Voktarpur under Doarabazar upazila, Maharam, Lakmar, Lamakata under Tahirpur upazila, and two villages of Biswambharpur upazila.
Floodwaters engulfed low-lying areas of the district town, Sadar and Tahirpur upazilas, and entered Biswambharpur, Doarabazar, Chhatak and Jamalganj upazilas a week ago.
M Idris Ali, Chairman of Doarabazar upazila, said that Lakkhipur, Banglabazar and Narsinghpur unions have been isolated from the upazila headquarters. The Balicherra dyke has been damaged, six villages have been submerged, and 18 points of the embankment have become risky. Most of the families living along riverside are in fear of losing their croplands and homesteads. Shemgaon Government Primary School is under three feet of water, and all schools and colleges in Doarabazar upazila have been closed, he added.
Dipok Kumar Das, Deputy-Divisional Engineer of WDB Sunamganj, said that floodwater had marooned about fifty thousand people in Sunamganj.
The flood situation in Sunamganj has worsened with the main rivers flowing above the danger level at several points.
The Surma, the Jadukata and the Cholti rivers were flowing above the danger level on Thursday. The Water Development Board (WDB) sources said, “The Surma at Ghagot point was flowing 52 cm above the danger level.”
Many villagers have been evacuated from the flood-hit areas but many others are still stranded. The shortage of drinking water and food has intensified the sufferings of the marooned people at Barapara, Pashchim Bazar, Machh
Bazar, Shologhar and Nabinagar under Sadar upazila, Nowapara, Mohabbatpur, Chokbazar, Payekpara, Lakkhipur, Kushiara and Voktarpur under Doarabazar upazila, Maharam, Lakmar, Lamakata under Tahirpur upazila, and two villages of Biswambharpur upazila.
Floodwaters engulfed low-lying areas of the district town, Sadar and Tahirpur upazilas, and entered Biswambharpur, Doarabazar, Chhatak and Jamalganj upazilas a week ago.
M Idris Ali, Chairman of Doarabazar upazila, said that Lakkhipur, Banglabazar and Narsinghpur unions have been isolated from the upazila headquarters. The Balicherra dyke has been damaged, six villages have been submerged, and 18 points of the embankment have become risky. Most of the families living along riverside are in fear of losing their croplands and homesteads. Shemgaon Government Primary School is under three feet of water, and all schools and colleges in Doarabazar upazila have been closed, he added.
Dipok Kumar Das, Deputy-Divisional Engineer of WDB Sunamganj, said that floodwater had marooned about fifty thousand people in Sunamganj.
