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Heavy rain triggers flash floods in dists

People in low-lying areas marooned, croplands inundated

Star Country Desk
Heavy rain in the last few days have caused flash floods, leaving over one lakh people marooned and inundating about 10,000 acres of cropland in Lalmonirhat, Gaibandha, Mymensingh and Netrakona districts.
Vast low lying areas in five upazilas of Lalmonirhat went under water after heavy monsoon rain in last three days since Sunday triggered flash flood, reports our correspondent.
The floodwater engulfed crops, mainly aman paddy on about 11,000 hectares of land, in the areas, said sources at Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) office in Lalmonirhat.
Most of the ponds of the areas have been washed away, causing a huge loss to at least 5,000 fish farmers, it added.
"I cultivated fishes in a pond covering over one acre of land but maximum fishes have been washed away," said Hafizul Islam of Etapota village in Sadarupazila.
"A large number of fishes of our
three ponds have gone out due to the floodwater during the period," said Pradip Kumar Dash of Khochabari vullage in the upazila and two other fish farmers of the area.
"Aman paddy on our eight bighas of land went under water after incessant rain in the last three days that caused flash flood in the area,” said farmer Tamarul Islam, 48, of Swarnamoti village in Aditmari upazila.
Lalmonirhat Water Development Board (WDB) sub-divisional engineer Al-Mamun yesterday said the floodwater has already started receding.
He hoped that it would recede fully today if there was no downpour.
In Gaibandha, incessant rain in the last three days engulfed a vast tract of cropland in the low lying areas of the district, reports our correspondent.
Most of the areas went under kneedeep water, causing immense sufferings to the townspeople.
Due to the heavy rain, recently transplanted aman seedlings in low lying areas again got flooded, much to
the worry of the farmers of the area.
I cultivated late variety of aman seedlings on two bighas of land, but the plants have been submerged by rainwater, said Lal Mia, a farmer of Belka village in Sunderganj upazila.
If rainwater recedes within three days, the seedlings are expected to survive, said Mir Abdur Razzaque, deputy director of DAE in the district.
Away in Mymensingh, at least 70,000 people were marooned as over 100 villages in frontier Dhubaura upazila went under water due to flash flood caused by heavy rain in hill areas across the border yesterday, reports our correspondent.
The upazila administration will distribute relief goods among the flood victims tomorrow, said UNO Md Shamsul Haque.
In Netrakona, flood situation deteriorated further in Durgapur, Kalmakanda, Atpara, Madan and Khaliajuri upazilas of the district yesterday morning, leaving over one lakh people in 150 villages marooned.