Flood situation worsens in Moulvibazar, Sylhet
Flood situation in three upazilas of Moulvibazar and two upazilas of Sylhet district worsened yesterday due to onrush of water from hills and heavy rain.
Flood-hit people of Juri, Kulaura and Barlekha upazilas of Moulvibazar district; and Fenchuganj and Osmaninagar upazilas of Sylhet district; face crises of food, medicine and safe drinking water.
While visiting the Gouripur in the Juri River basin area yesterday, farmer Joynal Abdin, 65, told this correspondent that more than 100 houses in the area have been washed away by flood in the last one week. The affected villagers have taken shelter on the roads, he added.
Md Shimul Ali, project implementation officer (PIO) of Juri upazila and PIO in-charge of Kulaura upazila, said floods washed away 1,500 houses in the two upazilas and damaged 12-km of roads in a week. “I have informed the district project implementation office about the situation,” he added.
Abul Kalam Chowdhury, deputy director of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) of Moulvibazar, said farmers are also facing acute crisis of fodder as many areas in the three upazilas have gone under water. They have been forced to sell their domestic animals at low prices.
Kishore Roy Chowdhury Moni, vice chairman of Juri Upazila Parishad, said farmlands have been flooded in the upazila and the affected people are crying for food, medicine and safe drinking water.
Contacted, SM Abdullah Al Mamun, UNO of Barlekha upazila, said relief operations in the flood affected areas will start as soon as possible.
Tahsina Begum, UNO of Kulaura upazila, said they have not received any relief material for the flood affected people yet.
Foizur Rob, executive engineer of Water Development Board, Moulvibazar, said the flood situation in three upazilas of the district has remained unchanged.
Contacted, Md Sirajul Islam, executive engineer of WDB, Sylhet, said the Surma and Kushiyara rivers swelled further yesterday. The flood situation in Fenchuganj and Osmaninagar upazilas in the district has deteriorated due to heavy rain and onrush of water from hills, he added.
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