More areas flooded in Sunamganj
Flood situation in Sunamganj has worsened as more areas were inundated yesterday. The Dhonu river flooded Soitankhali haor area on Friday while Chamordani union in Ghurmar haor was flooded by the Shomessori river yesterday. The Shomessori river is overflowing its banks.
Large areas of cropland have been flooded in the haor area under Dharampasha upazila as the flood control embankment collapsed on Friday night.
Bidyut Kanti Sarkar, an affected farmer of Chamordani village, said 200 acres of land were flooded, but upazila agricultural officer Shoaib Ahmed said only 15 to 20 acres were flooded.
Monirul Islam of Chamordani village said he cultivated paddy on seven acres, which have gone under water, adding that his neighbours also lost their paddy due to the flood only for negligence of the UP chairman.
However, chairman of Ghurmar haor embankment project, also Chamordani UP Chairman Zakirul Azad rejected the allegations.
Zakirul said, “I got Tk 10 lakh, of which I spent Tk 4.2 lakh for bamboo fence, sand bags and workers' pay.”
Deputy Assistant Engineer of Water Development Board in Dharampasha upazila Ali Reza said they gave budget allocation in time, but the work could not start as the members of the project committee were changed.
Dharampasha upazila Chairman Abdul Mutalib Khan said the embankment would be repaired soon.
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