60 more Moulvibazar villages inundated, 50,000 marooned
Sixty more villages in Juri and Kulaura upazilas of the district have been flooded as breaches developed in the flood control embankments of the Juri and Monu rivers due to flash flooding caused by onrush of water from the hills last night.
Twenty villages in Phultola and Sagornal unions, eight villages in Gualbari union, five in Joyfornagor union, 15 in Pashchim Juri union under Juri upazila; and 12 villages under Bhuksimul union in Kulaura upazila have been effectively cut off by the floodwaters.
Shahab Uddin, lawmaker from the area, said yesterday that he had talked with the officials of the Water Development Board (WDB) and urged them to repair the damaged portion of the embankments as soon as possible.
Juri Upazila Parishad Chairman Gulshanara Chowdhury said distribution of relief materials is urgently needed in the affected areas.
Kishore Roy Chowdhury, vice chairman of the parishad, said the authorities concerned should take immediate steps to repair the embankment of Juri River. Roads and seedbeds of the areas are submerged and fish in around 200 ponds have been washed away by the floodwaters, he added.
Foizur Rob, executive engineer of WDB, Moulvibazar, said they would seek funds to repair the embankments.
Meanwhile, due to heavy rain and the onrush of water from the, around 32 villages in Kulaura, Juri and Borolekha upazilas of the district were flooded last week. Thousands of people in these villages now face an acute crisis of safe drinking water as flood waters are yet to recede.
According to the upazila authorities, at least 1500 houses in the river basin areas of were washed away by the flood. “We have already sent the list of the houses lost to the district administration.
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