Disease, poor relief work follow flooding
A man tries to cross the embankment that gave in to the surging water of the Padma at Srinagar in Munshiganj yesterday inundating several villages.Photo: Anisur Rahman
Waterborne diseases and poor relief efforts coupled with lack of jobs and price hike of essentials are putting the lives of poor flood-hit people in misery.
The flood situation is worsening in the central parts but the situation is improving in the northern districts, reports received from different areas stated.
The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre stated, the situation in the south central districts would start improving in a day or two. Water levels of all large rivers are going down, it added.
A correspondent from Faridpur said: Flood situation in Faridpur worsened in the last 24 hours. Around 68,000 people of 18 unions in the Sadar upazila are marooned. More than 10,000 affected people took shelter on the town-protection embankment, highways and schools.
Waterborne diseases like dysentery and diarrhoea have broken out in the areas. The health department and Bangladesh army are engaged in distributing medicine and oral saline. Scarcity of drinking water remains.
Our Sirajganj correspondent reports: Even though water of the Jamuna went down slightly yesterday, the suffering of the affected people in the flood-hit areas did not ease off.
The flood-affected people especially in remote char areas are suffering extremely, as relief efforts are yet to reach them.
About 200 people infected with diseases like diarrhoea, pneumonia and skin infections have been admitted to different health complexes and hospitals, district civil surgeon's office sources said.
The overall flood situation in four upazilas of Gaibandha remained unchanged.
While visiting two flood shelters at Raidasbari School and Al-Furkan Kindergarten School in Gaibandha Sadar, crowd of flood victims were seen who were driven out of their home after Gaibandha town-protection dam was breached.
"We have been staying here for seven days but none came to help us with food and drinking water," said Jogesh Chandra, who took shelter there.
Army personnel visited four flood-affected wards in Gaibandha municipality and distributed relief materials among 600 families. According to district administration, 16 bridges and culverts were damaged by the surging water and 75km of roads were washed away in the flood-affected four upazilas.
A correspondent from Munshiganj reports: Road communications between different places in the district remains snapped.
Our staff correspondent in Bogra reports: More areas in Dhunat and Sherpur upazilas were inundated as the water level of the Bangali and Karotoa increased. Situation in other areas remains unchanged.
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