This year's flood has already caused a havoc to the lives of millions of people. So far the death toll crossed 150 persons. It also caused an extensive loss of crops and property. The present government as well as the armed forces are trying hard to cope with this situation. The chief adviser of the caretaker government has already made a clarion call to the people, irrespective of party affiliations, to extend their helping hands forgetting all differences for saving the lives of the flood-hit people.
Flood is a common phenomenon in our country. Almost every year, it comes during the rainy season because of the country's geographical location. So it causes hardship to the people every year. But the floods experienced in 1988, 1998 and 2004 were quite devastating ones and the flood-related situation then could be tackled with the help of the people.
This year's flooding would be no less harmful than those of the previous times. It is likely to be an added challenge for the present government. It has already been addressing a number of problems since it took over power in last January. It has also been trying hard to cope with the flood situation and taken a number of actions to help the flood-hit people and control the flood-related problems. But the success of this government in combating current flood and its aftermath will largely depend on united efforts of the people. Unless the people of all strata do join their hands with the efforts of the government, tackling the situation will become all the more challenging for the government. Although many organisations and cross-sections of people have started relief operations in the flood-affected areas, such efforts have, however, not been enough to cope with the dimension of the flood-related problems this year. Unless all-outs efforts are made with active involvement of all sections of people on a massive scale, the situation is most likely to worsen. For this matter, the government must take the lead role in making coordinated relief and post-flood recovery efforts. It should move on a high gear on such efforts and not divert its attention to other matters that are of less consequence at this stage.
Md Shahinur
Shyamoli, Dhaka
Providing succour to the flood-hit people
FE Team | Published: August 10, 2007 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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