Floods hit Chandpur, Narail, Cox's Bazar

The low-lying areas of Shahrasti Upazila of Chandpur, Maheshkhali Upazila of Cox's Bazar and Narail district town have been flooded due to heavy downpour and onrush of water from the flood-hit region.
Our Chandpur Correspondent reports, over 50,000 people have been marooned in Shahrasti for the past few days due to incessant rainfall, flash floods and onrush of floodwaters from Feni, Laxmipur and other regions, our Chandpur correspondent reports.
When contacted, UNO Md Mohammad Yasir Arafat has told the FE that at least six unions, out of 10, in Shahrasti upazila have been seriously affected by this natural calamity.
Meanwhile, over 500 families have taken shelter in a few shelter camps and have been passing through a critical time for want of foods and necessary drugs.
They fear that local miscreants may loot their valuables by breaking open locks and doors in their homes.
During the FE correspondent's visit to some places on Monday, most homes, roads and establishments in the villages under Suchipara Uttar union went under knee-deep water.
Nazrul Islam Bepari and many other flood victims have said they were bound to leave their homes due to sudden flood and incessant rain.
They have left their homes with their valuable domestic animals.
Standing crops, including Ropa Aman, on a vast tract of land in Shahrasti have gone under floodwater, causing a great loss for farmers.
Fish hatcheries, 100 water bodies in the upazila are also affected as fishes washed away from ponds and lakes, causing a heavy loss to fish farmers, said fisheries official Mizanur Rahman.
Some 200 fishermen are involved in this fish cultivation and hatcheries in Ghasipur village.
Our Correspondent from Cox's Bazar says, houses and fish enclosures are being flooded and locals fear extensive damage. Tidal water entered shrimp enclosures and fish worth crores of taka were washed away.
In the last few days, Fakirakata, Shukria Para, Dhalghata Sutria, Muhurighona, Saritla, Pandit Dail, Kalamarchhara Pahartali, Jhapua, Municipality Charpara, Ghonapara, Putibila, Chotmaheshkhali Telipara, Umbniapara, Thakurtala, Mudirchara, Shaplapur, etc Riapara, JMGhat, Saitmara, Qutubjomer Low-lying areas of various areas including Tajiakata, Ghativhanga, Sonadia and Dembuni paras have been inundated.
Also, hundreds of houses were damaged by flood and tidal water, several walls of mud houses collapsed. More than a hundred pan barges have been destroyed due to the collapse of the mountain.
A few shrimp cages have been submerged by rainwater and tidal water. In addition, marginal shrimp farmers said that several crores of taka worth of shrimp have been washed away.
Abul Kalam, a local resident of Matarbari, said that the water level in the sea has increased due to continuous rain for a long time. Tidal water has submerged the shrimp cages, incurring a loss of millions of taka.
Rafiqul Islam, a resident of Kalamarchhara area, has said his house has collapsed due to heavy rain as there is also a risk of landslides.
Fazal Quader of Mahuri Ghona area of Dhalghata said, "Due to continuous rain, the water level in the sea has increased, due to which the water is directly entering the area during the tide. Knee-deep water has accumulated in the yard of many houses. Fish worth lakhs of taka were washed away by tidal water."
Meanwhile, Maheshkhali Upazila Executive Officer Miki Marma visited various affected areas on Monday.
A correspondent from Narail reports that thousands of people have been marooned in Narail municipality.
Most of the house and roads are covered with ankle and knee-deep rainwater. The poor people of the low-lying areas of the district town are suffering a lot.
They alleged that inadequate drainage management, deadlock of existing drains and unplanned urbanisation resulted in waterlogging in many areas -Vowakhali, Kurigram, Bhadulidanga, Durgapur, Aladatpur, Mohiskhola of the municipality.
Nargis Sultana, a resident of Kurigram area, said she was busy removing the rainwater from her house almost all night.
Many roads have become impassable due to waterlogging. Most of the people have become housebound due to water stagnancy in front of their houses. Some parts of the kitchen-tube well have sunk under the water in the town residents.
Besides, the water has risen from various government offices including LGED, educational institutions in the town.
Ashiqur Rahman Sourav, a resident of Aladatpur, said that water has risen in 50 to 60 houses in the area and the ground floor of our house has accumulated knee-deep water.
Maximum tubewells are submerged in rain water. As a result, we are facing shortages of pure water.
Narail Municipality Executive Officer Ohabul Alam said every year work is done to resolve the waterlogging of the municipality. This year too work has been done to move the water around in different places as early as possible.

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