Kurigram flood victims now suffer relief supply crunch

Residents of Kurigram's flood-hit areas, suffering from acute shortage of food, drinking water, and fuel oil, say the government relief is too little to meet the demand. Hundreds of thousands of flood victims are thronging residents of local public representatives for relief materials only to be turned away. Around 353 square kilometres of 53 Union Parishads in Kurigram district have been inundated, Kurigram's relief department official Magistrate Mizanur Rahman said. Flooding of 236 villages has affected at least 109,000 people while river erosion has rendered homeless 2,311 families. Crops of 18,000 hectares of land have been damaged, according to the agricultural department, according to bdnews24.com.