Rain triggers flash flood in Kurigram, Lalmonirhat
Low-lying Sindurna village in Hatibandha upazila of Lalmonirhat yesterday. Torrential rain in the last 2-3 days triggered flash flood in four upazilas of the district.Photo: STAR
Torrential rain in the last three to four days has triggered flash flood in low-lying areas of seven upazilas in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat districts. In Kurigram, over ten thousand people in eight unions under Phulbari, Ulipur and Sadar upazilas have been marooned due to heavy downpour which caused a sharp rise in the water level of Dharla River. Erosion by the rain-fed river has also rendered at least 55 families homeless in Sadar upazila in the last four days, reports our correspondent. The flood affected unions are Phulbari under Phubari upazila, Halokhana, Bhogdanga, Kurigram Poaurasabha, Mogalbasha, Panchgachi and Jatrapur under Sadar upazila and Begumganj under Ulipur upazila. The floodwater has inundated the low-lying areas along the river, chairmen of union parishads said. At least 15 families in Halokhana, 12 families in Bhogdanga, 15 families in Mogalbasha, five families in Pachgachi and eight families in Jatrapur unions under Sadar upazila have been rendered homeless due to the erosion by Dharla, they said. The water has entered the grounds of Sharodobh Government Primary School and Sharodobh Registered Primary School under Halokhana union, Baraibari Dakhil Madrasah, Kaim Baraibari Registered Primary School and Nandadulaler Bhita Registered Primary School under Bhogdanga union in Sadar upazila, said locals. According to our Lalmonirhat correspondent, torrential rain in the last three days and onrush of upstream waters of Teesta and Dharla caused floods in Sadar, Aditmari, Kaligonj and Hatibandha Upazilas. At least 45 villages in the upazilas have been inundated by the floodwaters. Although the water of Teesta was flowing below the danger-level, the water level of the river at Daliya point at Hatibandha upazila was increasing since yesterday noon, said Lalmonirhat WDB officials. About two feet of water flooded most of the affected villages and many people have taken shelter on the embankments and government offices, they said.
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