Heavy Rain for Three Days
Flood hits 50,000 in 5 Lalmonirhat upazilas
A villager at Durgapur of Aditmari upazila in Lalmonirhat shifting domestic animals to a safer place yesterday. Flash flood hit five upazilas of the district due to heavy rain for three days.Photo: STAR
Flash flood hit more than 50,000 people in five upazilas of the district following three consecutive days of heavy rain till yesterday and overflowing of two rivers. The low-lying areas by the Teesta and Dharla rivers bore the brunt and most people of these areas are now looking for safe shelters. The flood affected areas are Angorpota and Dahagram of Patgram upazila, Saniyazan, Goddimari, Sindurna and Dawabari of Haitbandha upazila, Votmari and Kakina of Kaliganj upazila, Mohishkhocha and Durgapur of Aditmari upazila and Kulaghat, Khuniyagachh, Rajpur, Mogholhat of Lalmonirhat Sadar. Flood victims Adam Ali, Khaibar Mia and others at Kalmati village in Khuniayagachh said torrential rain and water rolling from upstream caused the flooding. They expressed the fear that the floodwater will damage their aman crops if it did not recede within a short time. Yaqub Ali, a flood victim at Sindurna village of Hatibandha said, "We are facing acute shortage of food and drinking water." According to deputy director of district Agriculture Extension Department (AED) Abdul Mojid around 6000 acres of aman crop has gone under water in the Teesta and Dharla river basin areas in the affected upazilas. “If the water doesn't recede within a few days most of the crop will be damaged," he said.
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