Snake-bite claims 12 lives in Jessore

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Jessore Correspondent :
At least 12 people were reported to have died from snake-bite in Abhoynagar, Monirampur and Keshabpur upazilas in Jessore district in last 10 days till Thursday, locals and local government representatives said. Besides, four babies also drowned in stagnant water in the area.
Dr Humayun Kabir, Deputy Commissioner of Jessore told The New Nation that about 122 villages under the aforesaid three upazilas were inundated. The affected villagers took shelters at 45
relief and rehabilitation camps being displaced in flood water.
Al Amin, a resident of Dhopadi village under Abhaynagar upazila told The New Nation that water was submerging new and new areas gradually.
Begum Rokeya, wife of late Professor Momtaz Uddin from, Kota village under Abhaynagar upazila said on Thursday that water ruined her everything. ‘I’m now living in water.
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