Flash Flood Due to Heavy Rain
Thousands marooned in 20 Lalmonirhat villages
A boy wades across chest-deep water carrying his younger brother on shoulders to reach the latter to school at Bhotmari village in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat district as flash flood triggered by heavy rain and on-rush of water from hills across the border inundated large areas yesterday.Photo: STAR
Heavy rain and on-rush of water from hills across the border have triggered flash flood in the district. Several thousand people at Teesta and Dharla river basins and low- lying 20 villages in four upazilas of the district became marooned as most parts of these areas went under water yesterday. The flood affected areas are Dakkhin Goddimari, Char Dowani, Char Sindurna, Char Dawabari, Paruliya under Hatibandha upazila, Char Votmari, Char Kakina, Rudreshewar and Jamirbari villages of Kaliganj upazila, Kadomtola, Balapara, Char Gobordhan villages of Aditmari upazila, Char Kurul, Mogholhat, Char Kulaghat, Char Bowalmari, Rajpur, Char Kalmati, Khuniya Gachh, Char Gokunda, Char Milon Bazaar villages of Sadar upazila, WDB sources said. Lalmonirhat WDB officials said, Teesta river was flowing below two centimetres below its danger level at Daliya point of Hatibandha upazila while Dharla river was flowing three centimeters below its danger mark at Kulaghat point in Lalmonirhat Sadar yesterday noon. While visiting flood affected Char Votmari village in Kaliganj upazila yesterday, this correspondent found most areas under knee deep water. Many of the villagers took shelter on government roads and WDB dam. Villager Nirmol Chandra,52, of Char Votmari said, heavy rain in the last two days and water from upstream overflowed Teesta yesterday morning triggering flood in the area. Another villager Sobhan Mia,36, said,”Our homesteads have gone under water. So, we have taken shelter on government road.” Executive engineer of Lalmonirhat Water Development Board Enayet Ullah said, Teesta and Dharla rivers were still flowing below their danger marks yesterday. "The water levels in both the rivers are increasing fast as Indians have opened Gojoldoba Barrage at dawn yesterday", he said.
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