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More city areas flooded

Situation in central districts worsens, slightly improves in north

Staff Correspondent
Floodwaters swamped fresh lowlands in the central districts including Dhaka and its environs, but marked recession in the northern districts except for Sirajganj and Pabna yesterday.
Flooding in central Munshiganj, Manikganj, Narsingdi, Narayanganj, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Rajbari and Tangail deteriorated as the Padma and its branches burst their banks, stranding lakhs of people in their submerged homes.
The southern district of Bansal and offshore island of Bhola reeled under the deluge.
In the northern region, major rivers began to recede in the wake of petering out of torrential monsoon rains in the upstream hilly regions across the frontiers.
This year’s flooding has already claimed the lives of 75 people and affected more than 50 lakh others in The flooding brought lakhs of people to their knees in the northern districts. Some ofthem returned to their washed away houses with the recession of floodwaters and were passing their days without bare necessities.
"They don't have food, shelter and safe drinking water and medicine," anofficialinPabnasaid.
Our Sirajganj correspondent adds: Some fresh areas in Taras and Royganj in UUapara upazilas in the districtwentunderwateryesterday.
The district administration said 75 unions, outof83, andfourmunic-ipal areas were submerged, affecting some 6,10,770 people and causing crop damage on34,000 hectares.
Some 1,850 people shifted to 13 flood shelters opened by the district administration.
A spectre of starvation is also looming over the people in Aagbohali, Dharaborsha, Manika shoals of Sariakandi in Bogra and Shanbadhan Char, Char Giris, Char Nischintapur, Char Chongcha and Mircha shoals of Kazipur in Sirajganj and Kalagachi, Joyramaja, Isli, Iswarkul and Motukpur shoals of Rangpur.
Some 200 families in Motukpur in Gangachara upazila have been passingtheirdaysinuttermisery.
They don't have food, drinking water and medicine, sources said.
Our Barisal correspondent adds: Rise in water level in the Meghna flooded vast areas in the district and in Bhola, marooning thousands of people, especially in the shoal areas.
The Joyonti, Sandhya, Sugandha and Tetulia rivers that criss-cross the Barisal region were flowing above dangermarks.
The Bhola town protection dam was under threat of collapse.
Diarrhoea and gastrointestinal diseases were reported in flooded areas.