Staff Reporter :
A heavy rainfall submerged parts of Dhaka city under knee-deep water on Thursday, paralysing civic life once again.
It began to rain in the morning, but torential rain started at 12:00am to continue for about four hours.
The Met office recorded 121mm rainfall between 12:00pm and 3:00pm in Dhaka, Meteorologist Arif Hossain said. “Light to moderate rainfall has been forcast for next two days.
Meanwhile, gridlock on the city’s roads and streets and the acute waterlogging due to the poor drainage system doubled the sufferings of the people.
Roads, lanes and bi-lanes at Farmgate, Green Road, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhanmondi 27, Shukrabad, Subhanbagh, Tejturi Bazar, Agargaon, Mirpur, Kazipara, Begum Rokeya Sarani, Karwan Bazar, Shantinagar, Rayerbazar, Jatrabari and some other lower-lying areas in Dhaka were inundated.
Even, a portion of parking space at Bangladesh secretariat went under water. Commuters, especially students and office goers, suffered a lot as vehicles were seen stranded.
Nusrat Jahan, a house wife, was waiting for more than half an hour at Purana Paltan for transport. She said, “I have failed to catch a bus or hire a rickshaw for going to Jatrabari even after long waiting. The rain collapsed all the traffic system of the city.”
Seventy-year old Kamrul Hasan was completely wet when he was returning home from his workplace.
“This problem persists round the year when it rains,” he said referring to the irresponsibility of the authorities concerned.
Meanwhile, light to moderate rain or thunder showers accompanied by temporary gusty wind is likely to occur at most places in Rangpur, Rajshahi, Mymensingh, Khulna and Sylhet divisions, Bangladesh Met Office bulletin reads.
There may occur moderately heavy to heavy rainfalls at many places over Dhaka, Barisal and Chittagong divisions and other places over the country, according to the bulletin.
