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Rain triggers flood in 4 dists

2.5 km of Dhaka-Agartala road still under water near Akhaura check post: Gruel kitchens in Barisal city: 125 unions in Patualhali and Bhola inundated

STAR NATIONAL DESK
Downpour in the last eight days triggered floods afresh in Brahmanbaria, Patuakhali and Bhola, swelling rivers, breaching embankments and inundating vast croplands with newly transplanted Aman seedlings.
Most areas of Barisal city have been inundated by rainwater, which is unprecedented in recent memory.
Low-lying areas in Patuakhali and Bhola districts and shoals close to coasts have gone under five to seven feet water.
About 2.5 kilometre of the Dhaka-Agartala road from Sonarbadi to Mosjidpara near the Akhaura check post was under water yesterday.
Our Barisal Correspondent reports: Intermittent downpour
which continued for the eighth day yesterday swamped most areas of Barisal city, which in unprecedented.
The city, criss-crossed by canals and surrounded by tributaries of rivers, was never inundated by flood in recent memory, elders said.
Residents have moved to safer places from low-lying areas and local ward commissioners have opened gruel kitchens to feed them.
Temporary shelters have been opened in some of the educational institutions in the city.
Murtaza Abedin, commissioner of Ward No. 2; Nigarsultana Hanufa, commissioner of Ward No.1; Md Kazem Ali, BNP president of Ward No.3 and Zainul Abedin, commissioner of Ward No.10 said they have opened shelters and gruel kitchens at educational institutions in their areas.
Local meteorological department said, they recorded 325.6 mm rainfall in the city in 36 hours from 6 am Wednesday to 12 noon Thursday. The rainfall recorded in last eight days since 6 am on September 10 to 12 noon yesterday is 693 mm.
This is not unprecedented, they said.
Downpour continued in the city and most areas of the district when
the report was filed yesterday afternoon.
The inclement weather kept most people indoors and shopping centres closed. Commercial enterprises, mills and factories stopped operation as rainwater entered their premises.
A flight of GMG Airlines returned Dhaka on Thursday, failing to land in Barisal airport.
The BIWTA authorities meanwhile allowed plying of big launches on routes from Barisal.
The district administration said they are yet to receive reports from different areas of the district due to inclement weather.
In Bhola, at least 63 unions in seven upzilas are now under water as rain-fed rivers breached embankments at many points.
Newly transplanted Aman seedlings on over two lakh hectors have gone under water, official sources said when contacted.
Bhola district administration sources said they have sent a fax massage to Dhaka that two thirds area of the district are now under floodwater and about seven lakh people have been affected.
Many areas of Bhola town and municipal areas of Daulatkhan, Lamohan and Charfaession have gone under water. Boats have replaced rickshaws in Lalmohan municipal area.
Embankments at Nasir Maghi and Kilkirti area have been washed away by water from the Meghna. Floodwater is now gushing through the breaches.
Bhola town protection embankments have breached at Bhalanipur and Battla and the town may be inundated, sources there said when contacted yesterday.
Bhola Deputy Commissioner Md Abdul Mannan told newsmen that the situation was alarming and an emergency message has been sent to Dhaka.
Our Patuakhali Correspondent reports: The spell of gusty wind and downpour continued in Patuakhali yesterday amid a high tide under the influence of
newmoon.
Most areas of the district town and at least 40 shoals in Galachipa, Kalapara and Dashmina coastal upazilas have been inundated. The shoals are under 5 to 6 feet water.
Newly transplanted Aman seedlings on about 1.5 out of 2.21 lakh acres have gone under water. Fishes worth about Tk 13 crore have been washed away in the seven upazilas.
District fishery department officials said 1500 shrimp enclosures and 1,13,325 ponds in Galachipa, Kalapara, Dashmina, Bauphal, Mirjagonj, Dumki and Sadar upazilas have been inundated.
They said they distributed 8000 metres of net among fish farmers in the district to protect fishes, but these will be of little use as most ponds and enclosures are overflowing their banks.
The local meteorological office recorded 560 mm rainfall in the district in the last five days since Saturday.
The high tide under the influence of the newmoon aggravated the situation, they said.
The worst affected shoals are Char Ganga, Char Halim, Char Agunmukha, Char Karformar, Char Bangla, Char Chalitabunia, Char Lata in Galachipa; Rangopaldi, Khalisha Khali and Alipur in Dashmina;. Muradia in Dumki upazila and North Badura in the Sadar upazila. At least 40,000 people have been affected in the areas.
At least 10 kilometres of flood control embankment have been washed away in last five days, Water Development Board sources said.
Water is stagnant in most areas of the town for several days.
Most of the town go under water during flood or high tide as the town protection embankment cum drainage project taken up seven years ago is yet to be implemented.
According to WDB sourecs, about 217 feet of the embankment at Kalapara have been swept away
by tidal surge from the sea.
Besides, about 1000 feet of the coastal embankment are threatened by water from the Buragourango river. If it gives in, a catastrophe will befall several lakh people in the area.
Our Brahmanbaria Correspondent reports: Rain water rolling from Tripura hills across the border breached river embankments in Nabinagar, Kashba and Akhaura upazilas, inundating newly transplanted Aman seedlings on 6000 hectares. At least 2000 houses have been damaged.
About 2.5 kilometre of the Dhaka-Agartala road from Sonarbadi to Mosjidpara near the Akhaura check post was under water yesterday. Transports were plying with risk.
The Akhaura land port has also been inundated.
The downpour also inundated almost the whole of Brahmanbaria town. Power supplying in about half of the town remained snapped for about 18 hours on Thursday as the power supply installations were inundated.
The Nabinagar town protection embankment breached at five points. The Nabinagar-Rasullabad road link has been snapped following collapse of a bridge in Rasullabad due to current of water.
A vital bridge is threatened at Konikara. Nabinagar- Companiganj road link will be snapped if the bridge collapses, officials here said yesterday.
The officials said the Kasba-Salda embankment has breached at two points in Bayek union, inundating about 20 villages there.
The badly affected villages are Malda, Khalda, Potia, Shampur, Belloli, Astajangal, Gaurangata and Kullaphathar. Fishes have been washed away from 150 ponds in the villages.
The Titas river breached its embankment at Haura in Akhaura upazila.