Heavy Rain for Two Days
Most houses in low-lying areas of Satkhira town inundated
Heavy downpour during the last two days submerged Rasulpur-Bakchar road and several other areas of Satkhira town. Photo: STAR
Several areas of the have became badly waterlogged due to continuous rain over the last two days. The situation has made life of around 35,000 people miserable in the low-lying areas where their houses are now under knee-deep water. Their sufferings increased manifolds as at least ten roads of the town went under three to four feet rainwater. Due to lack of drainage system, low-lying areas of the town get waterlogged after a small shower almost every year but the authorities concerned seem indifferent to the problem, town dwellers alleged. The most affected areas are Kamalnagar, Raispur, Rasulpur, Mehedibag Palashpole Rasulpur, Palashpole, Madhu Mallardangi, Sultanpur, Rothkhola, Katia Sarkar Para, Master Para, Daulatpur, Kamal Nagar, Itagachha, Baddipur and Chaltetala where most of the houses went under water. Satkhira police line has also been inundated. The affected roads are Rasulpur-Bakchara intersection road, Rasulpur High School road, Police Line road, Palashpole road, Ratkhola College road, Sultanpur road, Raispur road, Daulatpur road, Madhu Mallardangi road, Kamal Nagar road, Court road, Ghoshpara road and Baddipur road. Rainwater remains stagnant creating water-logging in these areas during the rainy season almost every year for lack of proper drainage, locals said. People including children were seen catching fish in Rasulpur road, Rathkhola College road, Raispur and Daulatpur roads in the town. Contacted, Satkhira panel mayor Sheikh Safique ud-Dowla Sagar said they had a plan to solve the problem but it could not be implemented due to fund constraints. Sources said, almost all the low-lying areas in Assassuni, Tala, Kaliganj, Debhata, Shyanmagar and Sadar upazilas were flooded due to rain in the last two days. Over two hundred kutcha houses in the affected areas were damaged and over 700 shrimp enclosures were washed away. Standing crops on vast areas were also submerged. The affected people are suffering a lot as their houses are now under knee-deep water.
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