Boy killed, 3 others injured in landslide
Our Correspondent, Cox's Bazar
A five-year-old boy died and three of his family members received injuries after a landslide engulfed their house at Gonarpara village in Cox's Bazar in the early hours yesterday.The dead was identified as Mohammad Kalu's son Nurul Absar. The ones injured are the boy's mother Hosne Ara, 25, his sister Rijia Akter, 8, and his brother Osman Gani, 22, said police source. Torrential rain caused the landslide that buried the tin-roofed house of the family while all were asleep. Indiscriminate hill cutting is to blame for the rise in environmental hazards such as landslides in the area, experts said. After visiting the affected area, an environmentalist, Prof Sharmina Reshmin, urged the government to take immediate protective measures as landslides might also hit the tourist zone of the town. The district administration is evacuating people living in the affected area. Sazzadul Hasan, deputy commissioner (DC) of Cox's Bazar, said that he has visited the landslide-affected area and necessary measures are being taken.
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