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Cry for food in Dhunat

Nepotism rules relief distribution among dam-cut victims

Our Correspondent, Bogra
Mismanagement in inadequate relief distribution added to the woes of thousands of flood victims camping in the open on the Jamuna river in Dhunat without food and water after a dam-cut wiped their villages onWednesday.
The victims alleged relief officials distributed relief to only hand-
picked people in a display of nepotism while the helpless flood victims starved in the third day into the tragedy.
Some unknown miscreants cut open a right stretch of the flood protection embankment of the Jamuna in a sequel to a dispute between two pro-BNP groups of contractors over awarding of the dam construction work.
The local district administration is yet to take any step to save about two lakh people perched on the embankment after roiling waters carried their houses away.
Most areas of the upazila went under water in the wake of the embankment collapse amid raging flood in tile northcastemandsouth-em regions.
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The Dally Star yesterday saw hundreds of distress people wading through floodwaters towards the upazila headquarters in the hope of relief materials, but returning to their makeshift shelters with broken heart attheendoftheday.
Amena, 60, after loosing home to raging torrents went to Gonsaibari upazila for relief for the tltird day in a row, but retumedempty-handed.
Julekha, a mother of three, also went there for relief materials for survival, but was disconsolate with grief without finding anything to eat.
"We heard there will be plenty of relief goods on Saturday afternoon, but found nothing," she said. Many other victims had the same tale to tell.
The food-hit people hoped there would be some relief materials during the visit of Deputy Leader of theOpposition Abdul Hamid.
"He disappointed us like the ruling parly leaders," saida victim.
Ijjat Alim, 65, who took refuge on the embankment with six others of-ius family, had not even a polythene sheeting above hishead.
"All family members are starving asthereisnothingtocook.’hesaid.
Jamila, who lost her husband about nine months ago, clung to her husband's house until floodwaters threatened to carry heraway.
She hired a boat to ferry her to higher ground, but was unable to pay the boatman who seized her house in huff.
The situation of flooded Kazipur and Ratamnkadi is also same.