Non-stop rain has created water-logging in different parts of the Sylhet District and city on Tuesday.
Consequently, city residents, office employees, students, traders and day-labourers suffered and were waiting for transports standing in the ankle to knee deep water.A total of 40 millimeters of rainfall was recorded in the city in 4 hours rain at 2:30 pm,
Sylhet Metrological Department officials said.It also said that the highest 41mm rainfall was recorded at Sylhet in the morning. The rainfall, which is the effect of the depression in the western Bay of Bengal, may continue for two more days.Beginning early morning, it began to rain cats and dogs from 10:00am and continued for two hours, submerging a number of city streets.
The city’s Station road, Lawai, Zinda Bazar, Mirabazar, Shibgonj, Subidbazar and Airport road, among others’ went under ankle to knee deep water, causing immense sufferings to the commuters, particularly the females and the patients.Besides, most of the districts across the country went through the massive rainfall in the morning..
