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Kakri joins Gumti in flooding 100 villages

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lose on the heels of Gumti, a wollen Kakri also burst its banks ednesday being unable to contain he huge rainwater rushing down rom the Tripura Hills.
Together the two rivers have looded over 100 villages and arooned around six lakh people in evidwar, Burichong, houddogram and Muradnagar pazilas in southeastern Comilla istrict until yesterday.
Meanwhile, in Devidwar 14 wami League activists on relief
ork among the flood victims were everely injured yesterday in a clash ith cadres of ruling BNP.
The Gumti that burst through its am earlier Wednesday spread urther yesterday inundating 13 nions and threatening Bakhrabad as Fields, while Dhaka with its lowing areas still under water saw the un for the first time after a five-day nprecedented deluge.
The second bout of flooding this eason caused by the heaviest ownpour in more than 50 years illed seven more people, five from
nakebite and two crushed under ollapsed mud wall yesterday aising the death toll to 26.
According to Met office forecast, he current spell of rains that started ix days ago paralysing life and conomic activities across the ountry would continue for four ore days.
Yesterday's cloudburst was a esult of the monsoon as well as the epression that crossed
angladesh Tuesday, a weather
orecast officer 11
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said. "There will be light to moderate rains in Dhaka and the rest of the country in the next three to four days. But the situation is improving." KAKRI FLOODING
The rain-engorged Kakri washed away stretches of the flood protection embankment at Ramchandrapur and Kala Bagan in Chouddogram upazila Wednesday night submerging 50 villages.
Water Development Board Chief Engineer Aminul Islam said nearly one lakh people are marooned in the flooded area.
The worst-affected villages are Kashinagar, Shuvapur, Munshirhat, Alkhara, Bakgram, Sripur, Mongolpur, Poranpur, Alipur, Hilalnagar, Shibpur, Balimuri, Hazaripur, Dhanispara, Gozariya, Bitorpur, Sharifpur and Kalikapur. They are under five to six feet of water.
Chouddogram Upazila Nirbahi Officer Sultan Nasrin said the local administration has already started repairing the embankment.
AL-BNP CLASH
Cadres of ruling BNP allegedly attacked and severely injured 14 Awami League activists, including four leaders, while they were going to Devidwar to distribute relief among the victims of the Gumti dam burst.
The condition of an injured, a businessman named Raoshan Ali, was reported to be critical.
The BNP men also allegedly looted Tk 2-lakh relief money and two cellphone sets.
According to an AL press state-
ment, a group of about 40 to 50 AL activists and leaders was attacked by BNP cadres when it reached Shailchar Bridge on Comilla-Sylhet highway at Vinglarbari.
The raiders beat away at the AL members with hockey sticks and also chased senior AL leader Fakhrul Islam Munshi.
At a press conference in Comilla, Fakhrul demanded arrest of the attackers and exemplary punishment to them.
GUMTI FOLLOW UP
A 100-foot stretch of the Gumti dam was washed away Wednesday evening near Comilla town, 150km off the capital.
Around 5 lakh people in 13 unions are marooned. The local administration has opened six shelters in Devidwar. Many of the affected people took refuge on the embankment and local educational institutions.
As the Comilla-Sylhet highway near Devidwar was reeling under floodwater, Roads and Highways Department prohibited all traffic on the road.
Locals said the strong river current stormed through a crack in Gumti embankment at Bara Alampur area developed three weeks ago. Onrushing floodwaters submerged five unions in Devidwar, Chouddogram and Burichang upazilas until Thursday night and devoured more villages until yesterday noon.
The worst-hit areas are Fatehabad, Bara Alampur, Elahabad and Gonaighar unions, Devidwar municipality, and Varella,
Mokam and Peerjatrapur unions of Burichang upazila.
Heavy current has damaged almost all the roads in those areas.
Army contingents have been deployed to check further crack in the riverbank but the repair works was yet to begin until yesterday, as the breach was very wide and current too strong to carry out any repairs.
The Shalda, a tribute of Gumti, was also overflowing yesterday submerging some adjacent villages. RAINS IN DHAKA
After incessant torrential downpour for six days, city dwellers enjoyed sun for a considerable time yesterday. But the plight of people living in the low-lying areas was same as before, still waiting for water to recede from their houses.
Although Dhaka Water and Sewerage Authority pumped out water from most parts of the city, there was stagnant water inside the DND (Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demara) embankment, old part of the city and Mohammadpur.
This week's deluge forced thousands of families in the suburban DND embankment area to flee their homes, with about 17,000 people taking shelter on the embankment and in various high-rise buildings.
The city roads looked quite normal yesterday as most vehicles started plying again. Many markets resumed business and more people came out of home.