Floods in Jessore, 50,000 marooned

JESSORE, Oct 9: Over 50,000 people in four upazilas of Jessore district were marooned as water from the rain-fed Ichhamoti and Kabodak rivers poured into the areas through breaches in embankments along their banks. Locals said low-lying areas in Manirampur, Keshabpur, Jhikargachha and Sharsha upazilas went under water, as the embankments along the two rivers breached due to incessant rainfall and onrush of water from across the border. — UNB