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Rains multiply sufferings of flood victims

By Staff Correspondent
The overall flood situation in Sylhet. Moulvibazar. Habiganj. SunamganJ and Nctra-kona remain unchanged on Sunday.
Heavy downpours Increased the sufferings of flood affected people in these districts.
According to reports received in Dhaka the river Surma at both Sylhet and Sunamganj, and the Kushiara at Sheola marked slight fall, but the Manu at Moulvibazar
rose on Sunday.
According to the Flood Warning Centre in Dhaka the Kushlara at Sheola. the Manu at Moulvlbazar and the Khowai at Habiganj are likely to rise further • while the Surma at both Sylhet and Sunamganj is likely to recede.
Meanwhile, a fresh spell of flood is feared in another four to five days as Assam. Tripura and neighbouring regions In India are likely to experience
heavy downpours today and tomorrow.
Outbreak of diarrhoea and other intestinal diseases has been reported from the flood affected areas, as the people are facing an acute scarcity of safe drinking water.
The death toll rose to 64 in greater Sylhet region on Sunday. There were 39 deaths In Sylhet. 15 in Habiganj and 10 in Moulvibazar. reports reaching Dhaka said.
The flood Warning Centre said during the 24 hours ending Sunday evening there was 62.2 millimetres rainfall in Habiganj. 57 mm tn Moulvibazar, 26 mm in Sheola and 46 mm tn Durgapur.
Out Staffer 8. Y. Bakht reports: On Saturday five more people were killed — two in Golapganj and three in Bala-ganj—in a nor’wester raising the death toil in Sylhet to 39 in the last two weeks.
The Dhaka—Sylhet highway waa submerged at four places between Balaganj and Sylhet town.
• A Sylhet — bound night coach skidded off the muddy road into a ditch on Saturday leaving six people injured. Two of them were admitted to the Sylhet Medical College Hospital. hospital sources said
Incessant rainfall which worsened the flood situation further, also paralysed normal life during the last two days.
The Surma at Kanatghat waa flowing 54 cm above danger level and at Sheola 36 cm above the red mark.
Diarrhoeal cases ported from different parcel the flood affected area-
The authorities confirmed eight death by diarrhoea.
The upazila chairman of Goatnghat Dilder Hossain Selim claimed that the diarrhoea death toll was much higher. He said that six people were killed tn his upazila alone.
A Sylhet Medical College Hospital source told the Daily Star that 40 to 50 diarrhoea patients were being admitted to the hospital dally.
Relief operations In the affected areas were allegedly Inadequate. Five US cargo planes carried relief materials to Sylhet on Sunday. The relief materials were later dropped by two Indian helicopters tn the worst affected Bianfbazar. Zakiganj and Golapganj upazilas.
People in remote areas arc passing their days in agony Relief materials have not yet been sent to those areas, a local leader complained.
Uttar Amuta union of Golapganj upazila is now under live to six feet of water that has forced residents to leave their houses.
Several thousand flood victims have taken refuge in 121 flood shelters. Another 31 shelters were abandoned on being submerged on Saturday.
Our Correspondent 9 B Das adds: Add at least 15.00.000 people taking shelter in multi-storied buildings, machans. highways and hillocks In eleven flood affected upazilas of Sylhet district continue to be in distress due to storms and rainfall. Rescue and relief operations carried out by the government and non-goverh-ment voluntary organisation appear to be far short of their actual needs.
Those in remote areas with whom all surface communications have been cut off are left to their fate. Food, safe water and medicines are the need of the hour. Reaching relief materials to the victims Is a great problem as boats or other wa-
ter craft are not available tn sufficient numbers Relief teams of different clubs returning from Zakiganj and Blant bazar complained that people here starving and shivering In Ilie cold.
■River level* receding by one or two centimeter* is no relief for us who have lost our food and crops' said Jamlr-ucidln of Pailanpur under Balaganj upazila when I met him on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway . yesterday. 'We need food and shelter. we need protection against future ravage', be said.
Over 70 person have so far died due to flood, storms, lightning and drowing 1n the district unofficial counts show.
The Kushiara is remaining almost stagnant In Btanlbezar. Golapganj inundating more areas In Balaganj. Company -ganj. Biswanath and Sylhet Sadar upazilas. The Sylhet-Dhaka road remains Inundated at several points and road communications with most upazilas stand disrupted and telclinks arc gradually snap-P"'«
Sending of relief materials to for flung areas Is almost impossible. In low-lying parts of Sylhet town some houses have been mibmerged facing inmates to shift to schools and oilier places.