Flood paralysess life in Sirajganj
Sunday, 12 August 2007
SIRAJGANJ, Aug 11 (UNB): Flood triggered by heavy rainfall and onrush of hilly waters paralysed normal life of the people of the district and killed at least 30 people in last two weeks.
The flood has caused miseries to the life of .90 million people, out of 2.9 million in 82 union parishads and six pourashabas in nine upazilas.
According to the preliminary estimates by the local administration, floodwater has damaged 95,000 houses, 450 educational institutions, 340 kms of pucca and 1224 km of kutcha roads completely and 980 km roads partially. It also damaged 25 km of embankments, 14 culverts, 39 bridges and standing crops on 35,000 hectares.
A huge quantity of threads in Belkuchi and Shahzadpur upazilas, famous for handloom industries, has also got rotten in the flood.
Floodwater has already started to recede in the district but people are now under great threat as erosion by Jamuna has taken a serious turn in the district.
Water has been receding from the town but it will take more time in villages and remote areas.
With the recession of water, waterborne diseases, including diarrhoea, are spreading in an epidemic form in the district leaving hundreds of people, mostly children, affected.
People of the town have started to wash and clean their shops and houses and are taking preparations to go back to normal life.
In Pabna, This year's flood marooned at least 0.24 million people in 40 union parishads and three pourasabas in seven upazilas of the district, according to the district administration.
Standing crops on 26,105 acres of land have been damaged completely while 21,541 acres partially by the flood.
Some 655 kms of rural roads, 15 kms of dams, 16 kms of bridges and culverts have also been damaged, the sources said.
The flood has caused miseries to the life of .90 million people, out of 2.9 million in 82 union parishads and six pourashabas in nine upazilas.
According to the preliminary estimates by the local administration, floodwater has damaged 95,000 houses, 450 educational institutions, 340 kms of pucca and 1224 km of kutcha roads completely and 980 km roads partially. It also damaged 25 km of embankments, 14 culverts, 39 bridges and standing crops on 35,000 hectares.
A huge quantity of threads in Belkuchi and Shahzadpur upazilas, famous for handloom industries, has also got rotten in the flood.
Floodwater has already started to recede in the district but people are now under great threat as erosion by Jamuna has taken a serious turn in the district.
Water has been receding from the town but it will take more time in villages and remote areas.
With the recession of water, waterborne diseases, including diarrhoea, are spreading in an epidemic form in the district leaving hundreds of people, mostly children, affected.
People of the town have started to wash and clean their shops and houses and are taking preparations to go back to normal life.
In Pabna, This year's flood marooned at least 0.24 million people in 40 union parishads and three pourasabas in seven upazilas of the district, according to the district administration.
Standing crops on 26,105 acres of land have been damaged completely while 21,541 acres partially by the flood.
Some 655 kms of rural roads, 15 kms of dams, 16 kms of bridges and culverts have also been damaged, the sources said.