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North floods worsen, diarrohoea breaks out

STAFF CORRESPONDENT, Rajshahi
Flood situation in Rajshahi and Naogaon further worsened yesterday as fresh areas went under water, and waterborne diseases like diarrohoea have broken out in some affected areas.
In Naogaon, around 60 diarrhoea patients have been hospitalised.
Sufferings of the flood-hit are mounting in the absence of relief activities even a week into the flooding.
Swelling floodwaters submerged most areas of Keshorehat municipality and two more unions --Raighati and Ghashigram -- of Mohonpur upazila yesterday forcing the authorities to close educational institutes.
More than 800 families of
Govindapara, Sonadanga and Kachari-Koalipara unions in Bagmara upazila of Rajshahi have been marooned so far, and three flood shelters opened in Govidapara union.
Water Development Board
sources said Mohonpur and Bagmara upazilas have been
flooded as rolling waters from the
upstream swelled the Padma,
Chhoto Jamuna, Atrai and Barnoi rivers, causing breaches at several points of the flood control embankment.
The Barnoi embankment breached at Tengra and Atrai on Wednesday. Gushing waters from the Chhoto Jamuna, flowing 95cm above the danger level, washed away nearly 100 feet of the flood control embankment at Enayetpur of Badalgachhi upazila.
North floods
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On relief, Mohonpur Upazila Nirbahi Officer Golam Kibria told reporters, "We have received Tk 10,000 and two tonnes of rice, and we will distribute them soon."
The agriculture extension department distributed 1925 kg seeds of transplanted aman and 315 kg Kalai seeds among flood-hit farmers.
Most areas of Naogaon town have gone under water.
The affected upazilas are Manda, Niamatpur, Porsha and Mahadevpur, where a large number of people with their domestic animals have taken shelter on roads.
Several hundred people in the district town have been living under knee-to waist-deep water for more than a week. Diarrhoea has broken out in the town, sending 60 patients to hospitals so far.
A 500-foot breach developed in the submerged Manda-Niamatpur road disrupting communication with Niamatpur upazila since Monday.
Officials said transplanted aman and winter vegetables on about 40,000 hectares have gone under water.
One person, Iazuddin, was electrocuted and another, Shariful Islam, drowned on Wednesday in the flooded Manda area.
District administration sources said Tk 50,000 and 50 tonnes of rice have been allocated for around two lakh flood-hit people.