Thousands marooned in Rajbari, Faridpur
At least 10,000 people in four out of five upazilas in Rajbari and one in Faridpur were affected by floods as the Padma river started flowing over danger level at Goalando river port point.
The four affected upazilas in Rajbari are Sadar, Pangsha, Kalukhali and Goalando. In Faridpur, 30 hectares of croplands in 15 villages under Sadar upazila have so far been flooded.
In Rajbari alone, floodwaters have affected no less than 8,000 people and submerged nearly 400 hectares of croplands.
Many inhabitants of char areas in both the districts started to move out to safety at different school buildings and embankments.
Rajbari Deputy Commissioner Dilsad Begum said, “4,000 families in four upazilas of Rajbari were affected by the flood. We distributed 33.7 metric tonnes of rice and 59 packets of dry food among the affected people.”
Fazlul Rahman, deputy director of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in Rajbari, said around 370 hectares of croplands and char areas that are outside the coverage area of the embankment were affected by the flood.
The DAE in the district is now preparing a list of affected farmers, he also said.
“At least 100 families in my union were affected by flood that inundated 1,000 bighas of croplands,” said Abdus Salam, chairman of Borat Union Parishad in Rajbari Sadar upazila.
Acting chairman Abdul Goni Mia of Daulatdia Union Parishad in Goalando upazila said, “Some 2,000 people were affected by the flood in our union and they have taken shelter in safer places.”
Bilal Hossain, a member of Kalikapur Union Parishad in Kalukhali upazila, said, “At least 6,000 people in two unions of our upazila were affected by flood. Some people residing outside the embankment of the river took shelter at their relatives’ houses.”
Contacted, Rajbari Water Development Board Executive Engineer Sultan Mahmud said, “The water level in the Padma has been rising since September 11 due to heavy rain upstream.”
He also said water in the Padma was flowing 13 centimetres above the danger level on Wednesday afternoon and the water level would continue to rise until October 5.
In Faridpur Sadar upazila, North Channel Union Parishad Chairman Mohammad Mostakuzzaman said, “People in 15 villages are affected by the flood. Especially farmers suffered heavy damages as their crops went under the flood water. Four concrete roads also went under water.”
DAE Deputy Director in Faridpur Kartik Chandra Chakrabarty said different char areas in Sadar upazila were flooded due to sudden rise in the water level of the Padma.
At least 30 hectares of croplands went under water in the upazila, he confirmed.
FLASH FLOODS IN GAIBANDHA
Flash floods caused by five days’ incessant rain in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha washed away a 15-foot stretch of Fulpukuria-Baneshwar road in Dhuturabari area, reports our Gaibandha correspondent.
Locals in the meantime have built a makeshift bamboo footbridge over the damaged section of the road that connects thousands with the upazila headquarters.
Abdul Latif, engineer for Local Government Engineering Department in Gobindaganj upazila, said repair work of the damaged road will start after fall in water level in the area.
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