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100 deaths so far : Relief inadequate : Diarrhoea cases reported

Sylhet floods take serious turn

By Staff Correspondent
The flood situation in Sy Ihct Sadar and Balaganj upaaiias took a serious turn with inundation of fresh areas on Thursday Thirty lour deaths in flood-hit areas were officially confirmed so far
The unofficial death loll was however 100.
Sthiatleiii tn: other parts of greater Sylhet’ dlstrierhoWi er remained unchanged, official sources said.
Eight unions of Sylhet Sadar and 14 unions of BalaganJ upazlla have been submerged by the onrush of waters from Indian hilly districts. an official of Sylhet flood control room told The Daily Star
The river Surma registered a fall in all the places but was Hill flowing nine cm above the danger mark at Sylhet and 54 cm above in Kanatgiiat
The river Kushiara receded but was flowing 44 cm above danger level.
. Our staffer A K M Mohsin reported from Sylhet that the ■snrbm and the KustHarsrhJftt Inundated BalaganJ Upazila sit dated in the middle of the two rivers.
The other worst hit upazilas are Jalclganj. Bianibazar. Go-iapganj. Companyganj. Gcatng-liat. Kanalghat and Fenchugani.
One flood victim of Golap-ganj told The Daily Star that
"they have never seen sueh flood earlier'.
The badly affected upazilas were still Inaccessible by road. Boats were the only means of transportation. There was nothing but water in between Sylhet and Fenehuganj. our staffer noticed while travelling by train
"We are flghUnga glim battle for survival,' Raqib All (50) of village Mohammad pur under Bianibazar upazlla said.
Over one million people h«n<- been rendered homeless Relief measures so far taken were Inadequate. Taka two lakh 80 thousand In cash 65 metric tons of wheat, 25 met-
rlc tons of rice. 351 sacks of flattened rice. 57 tins of molasses. five lakh water purifying tablets. 30 cartons of biscuits. 300 tins of milk food and 30 sacks of old clothes have been distributed so far among the 12 lakh flood victims.
Outbreak of waterborne diseases seems likely Almbat all the tubcwclls. the only means of pure water, were under water causing acute scarcity of safe drinking water in the affected areas Diarrhoeal diseases were reported from most of the 1 1 affected upasl-las.
Seventyflve medical teams were working and some were kept stand by. a health official said
Fourteen medical teams are working in the areas and an-other 68 teams are ready, the official said.
UNB reports : Intermittent rainfall deteriorated the flood situation in Habiganj and Netrokona districts.
Fresh areas of Habiganj municipal ■ areas, which Include Chowdhury Bazar, went under water while entire haor areas in Kaliajurt. MohanganJ and Madan upazilas of Netrokona district were totally inundated.
The river Manu at Moul-vibazar was receding but flowing 18 cm above the danger level.
The situation in all the six affected upazilas remained unchanged. Six lakh 72 thousand people of the district have been affected but the relief operations are allegedly Inadequate.
Waterborne diseases have also been reported from different upazilas. Only 1194 water purifying tablets have been distributed among the victims.
The Flood Forecast and Warning Division in Dhaka told The Daily Star that the Surma at Sylhet and Sunamganj. the Kushiara at Sheola point, the Monu at Moulvlbazar and Khowai at Habiganj may record further fall during the next 24 hours. As a result, the overall-flood situation is likely to start Improving in next 24 hours.