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Many city areas still under water

Staff Correspondent
Rainwater receded yesterday from most of the areas inundated in Tuesday's record six-hour rainfall in the capital in 53 years.
But waterlogging persists in many other areas, especially low-lying ones, which went under knee to waist-deep water as Dhaka had the country's highest rainfall in 24 hours till 7:00amTuesday.
The areas include parts of Kazipara, Monipur, Paikpara, Rupnagar, Dhaka University (DU) campus and a vast area inside DND embankment.
Thousands of people in these areas continue to suffer with their houses submerged and garbage floating all around.
Aniket, a resident of Rupnagar, said yesterday houses of around 5,000 people in the area were under kneedeep water.
Many of them took shelter in a local college and in under-construction buildings nearby.
Locals blamed the persisting waterlogging to illegal encroachments on Rupnagar Khal (canal) through which rainwater flows out.
Meanwhile, moderate to heavy rainfall is likely till 1:00pm today as the southwest monsoon is strong over North Bay and active over the country, Met office said yesterday.
It recorded the country's highest 146mm rainfall in Kutubdia till 7:00pm yesterday and 29mm in Dhaka.
Contacted yesterday, Wasa Deputy Managing Director Liakath Ali said they have taken all steps to end waterlogging in the city as soon as possible, and have succeeded in doing so except in some 'pocket areas'.
He attributed the stagnation of rainwater in SM Hall area on DU campus to blocking of the link to storm sewerage line passing through the adjacent Buet campus. The Buet authorities blocked it, he said.
About the waterlogging in Kazipara, Liakath said the storm sewerage line in the area isyet to be completed.
He said they have so far recovered 18 canals in the city from encroachers and recovery of more canals will continue.
The Wasa official mentioned that two master plans-* a sewerage master plan and a storm sewerage master plan--will be implemented under a project, financed by the World Bank.
“The areas which are still out of sewerage line and storm sewerage line will come under the networks, and 13 canals will be developed under the project," he said.
Our Narayanganj correspondent reports: Stagnant water in the DND areas is receding slowly.
The areas include Rasulpur, Shahjibazar, Nishchintapur, Matuail and Shanirakhra.
Asked about waterlogging in the areas, Chairman of Kutubpur Union Parishad Manirul Alam said the situation this year is better than in the previous years.
Two residents of Pagla area-- Saif Reza and Mokhlesur Rahman--said waterlogging is not that serious this year due to canal excavation and construction of culverts.