Flash Flood Hits 15 Lalmonirhat Villages
4,000 families marooned
A flood-hit family at Gobordhan village under Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat district wades through knee-deep water. This photo was on Tuesday. Photo: STAR
Flash flood hit at least 15 villages in three upazilas of the district in the last two days leaving over 4000 families marooned. Onrush of water from the upstream has caused the river Teesta to swell and overflow its banks, BWDB officials said. They blamed the Indian authorities for keeping most of the gates of Gajoldoba barrage across the border open and cited this as the main reason for the flash flood. Low-lying areas in the three upazilas were flooded as the Teesta river was flowing only two centimetre below the danger level at Daliya point at Hatibandha upazila on Tuesday, the officials said. The flood-hit villages are Goddimari, Sindurna, Dowani, Daliya, Singimari, Madhdho Goddimari, Paruliya, Barokhata, Dawabari, Saniyazan, Char Sindurna, Uttor Goddimari of Hatibandha upazila, Rudreshwar, Jamirabari, Char Kakina and Votmari of Kaligonj upazila and South Balapara, Gobordhan, Kadomtola and Kutirpar of Aditmari upazila. Most houses in these villages have gone under about 2-3 feet water. Many people have taken shelter on the near by embankment or shifted to other highlands, locals said.
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