waterlogging
Ctg Govt Teachers’ Training College / Year-long waterlogging, endless misery
If one visits Government Teachers’ Training College in Chawk Bazar area, they will notice a field inundated by water, entrances and ground floors of male and female hostels submerged, and hyacinths growing everywhere on the waterlogged premises.
Recent floods lay bare our vulnerabilities
Authorities must implement climate-resilient policies
Why is Chattogram drowning?
End the blame game and address the port city's chronic waterlogging problem
Waterlogging in Chattogram worsening by the day
Unloading of goods from larger vessels at the outer anchorage of Chattogram Port remains suspended due to rough seas since Friday, while trade at the Khatunganj-Chaktai wholesale hub has dropped significantly.
Ponds in Dhaka City: Crucial in tackling fire incidents, yet not protected
In every fire incident, water bodies, especially ponds, can play an important role in putting out the flames. And yet there is no proper initiative to protect ponds in Dhaka.
Why is dengue becoming such a serious public health threat?
The spread of dengue across the country requires better public health preparedness
The gaps in DAP: How to avoid urban flooding in Dhaka
The regulations that DAP recommends can initiate a spree of development in the floodplains and agricultural lands surrounding central Dhaka, posing a serious threat of urban flooding.
Can the new Detailed Area Plan cure Dhaka of its ills?
Only if Rajuk has the will and organisational capacity
Most city drains clogged in M’singh
Waterlogging has become a seemingly never-ending problem for the residents of Mymensingh due to poor waste management.
DRAINAGE deplorable
Inadequate storm-water drainage system managed by seven different authorities with little coordination among themselves is the reason why Dhaka streets suffer deluge every time there is moderate rain. The authorities do their job haphazardly. They hardly know what the others are doing, say officials concerned.
Dhaka rain, sufferings in frames
The rain inundates several areas of Dhaka city including Motijheel, Purana Paltan, Fakirapul, Arambagh and Rajarbagh areas causing sufferings for commuters.
Waterlogged Dhaka streets
Waterlogging in Dhaka has become a common problem during monsoon. Rainwater is carried through natural canals and large concrete pipes to flood plains and rivers, but as most of the canals have been grabbed by the encroachers or clogged with solid wastes, the city streets are submerged even after a little rain.
Heavy rains throw city life out of gear
Yesterday, it was the same old story of inexpressible misery that the city dwellers endure when city traffic system collapses after rain.
Bring Wasa, Rajuk under DCCs
Mayor Annisul Huq wants Rajuk and Wasa under the jurisdiction of the city corporations to get rid of the city's waterlogging problem.
Waterlogging can be solved
The picture published in yesterday's paper portrays a menace we are all too familiar with: canals blocked by garbage. The inevitable waterlogging...
The woeful plight of Dhaka
First day of the month of September will be remembered by Dhaka residents for a long time. Incessant rainfall paralysed all major and minor roads in the city for hours on end.
Waterlogging disrupts Ctg city life (video)
Lives of Chittagong city dwellers are highly disrupted due to waterlogging in most areas of the city caused due to three days of heavy rainfall.
7 ways to drive safely in a flood without dying
Normally people drive through water and they don't die. So what happens when our city roads get submerged? Our cars can die. Here's how yours can survive.
Dhaka deluged
No wonder Dhaka is one of the most unlivable cities in the world. Many would like to think that except the change in spelling of the name of the Capital, very little change has come about by way of adding to the comfort of the people living in the city.
