Heavy rainfall causes sufferings to city dwellers
October 06, 2024 00:00:00
Last several days' incessant rain left the road in the city's Toyenbee Circular Road area potholed, augmenting woes of the commuters. The picture was snapped on Saturday — FE photo by Asad-Uz-Zaman
People in Dhaka city are struggling to cope with incessant rains in the past couple of days as water-logging created in many areas of the capital is causing untold sufferings, reports BSS.
"Like past few days, Dhaka city witnessed heavy rainfall on Saturday meaning many parts of the city were submerged," Kazi Jebunnesa, a meteorologist of Bangladesh Meteorologist Department said
Multiple areas of Dhaka including -- Mouchak, Malibagh, Shantinagar, Moghbazar, Kakrail, Paltan, Dainik Bangla intersection, Khilgaon rail gate, and Rajarbagh Police Lines-- were waterlogged following prolonged torrential rain since early morning on Saturday.
Office goers suffered immensely as they were facing trouble to manage transports to reach their destination.