Flood victims cry for relief amid govt's inaction: BNP

BNP senior joint secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday alleged that the flood-affected people in the country's northeast region, mainly hoar areas, are crying for relief amid the government's inaction to mitigate their miseries, reports UNB.
Speaking at a token sit-in programme, he also blamed the government's unplanned construction of dams and a road in the haor region for the severe flood in Sylhet, Sunamganj and Netrokona.
"The hoar people of Sylhet, Sunamganj and Netrokona are crying for rice and food. Where will they get food as everything around them has been submerged? How will the food reach them? " the BNP leader asked.
He bemoaned that the government has allocated only Tk1.5 for each of the 5.0 million flood-hit people of the country while Indian artiste Mimi Chakraborty was brought to Bangladesh at the cost Tk 30 million.
Stating the government is responsible for the flood, Rizvi said, "You (PM) will now see the Padma Bridge in the colourful light and hang onto power with joy in your heart keeping people hungry, starving and inundated. The country's people will no longer accept and tolerate it."
Ganotantra Forum arranged the programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club, demanding the release of BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia and adequate relief for the flood-affected people.
Rizvi questioned whe-ther the prime minister tried to know standing in front of a mirror the reason behind the untimely flood in the haor region. "We know that relatives of one of the influential officials of the state built dams and a road, known as the President's one, in an unplanned way in the haor areas."