Dakope dyke collapses again due to high tide
Ten days into reconstruction, Jaliakhali embankment in Dakope upazila of Khulna district collapsed due to pressure of water during high tide in Dhaki River on Tuesday.
Saline water flooded four villages in Aila-hit Kamarkhola Union, leaving over 500 families homeless. The affected villages are Channirchawk, Kamarkhola, Jaliakhali and Fakirdanga.
The embankment, damaged by Cyclone Aila on May 25 in 2009, was reconstructed on February 13 and collapsed Tuesday morning due to pressure of water because of high tide, said said Assistant Engineer Anwar Hossain of the Water Development Board (WDB).
Army took the responsibility to supervise construction works of seven damaged embankments in Kamarkhola and Sutarkhali unions on October 21 last year and contractors finished construction works under army supervision by February 13 this year.
People of the affected villages are giving voluntary services to reconstruct the collapsed Jaliakhatli embankment, said Dakope Upazila Parishad Chairman Alhaj Sheikh Abul Hossain.
He said they are now staying at cyclone shelters without adequate food and safe drinking water.
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