Rain, floods ruin roads
The receding flood water in Bandarban has badly damaged many roads, cutting off communications between the town and several tourist destinations in the hill district in the last three days.
Many roads and highways in Chittagong, Noakhali and Cox's Bazar have been severely damaged in downpours, causing travel disruptions due to road closures.
Over 162 kilometres of Chittagong city streets have been subjected to incessant rain and inundation. There are a total of around 800km of roads in the Chittagong City Corporation (CCC) area.
CCC officials said they would require about Tk 111 crore to repair the damaged roads.
In Bandarban, many roads leading to tourist destinations of Nilgiri, Boga Lake, and Keokradong have been damaged.
The water of the Sangu and Matamuhuri rivers has started subsiding, marking a slight improvement in the overall flood situation of the district.
Heavy rainfall paralysed normal life in Noakhali. Nine of its upazilas have been inundated. Seedbeds of Aman paddy on around 400 hectares have been damaged.
Most of the roads in Kesharpar and Chatarpaiya unions of Senbag upazila have gone under water.
Waterlogging caused by incessant rain over the last week damaged several hundred acres of seedbed in Chandpur. Fish farmers suffered losses as fish enclosures were flooded.
Though the overall flood situation improved in Chakaria, Ramu, Pekua and Kutubdia upazilas of Cox's
Bazar, the deluge rendered several lakh people homeless. Victims said they were facing shortage of food and drinking water.
Our correspondents from Chittagong, Bandarban, Chandpur, Noakhali and Cox's Bazar contributed to this report.
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