Hundreds of homes, crop lands flooded in Bogura, Gaibandha chars
Heavy rainfall and soaring water from the upstream caused flash floods in char areas under 6 upazilas of Bogura and Gaibandha above last few days.
The water degree of the Brahmaputra, Jamuna and Ghaghot rivers has increased due to heavy rainfall and has been flowing above danger level, said Md Mahbubur Rahman, executive engineer of the Bogura Water Development Broad.
Houses of a huge selection of families and a large number of hectares of area remain flooded for few days, said Abdul Motin, deputy commissioner of Gaibandha.
The chars are under Bogura's Sonatala and Sariakandi upazilas and Gaibandha's Sadar, Saghata, Fulchari and Sundarganj upazila, our Bogura correspondent reports after visiting the char areas.
The chars are: Noapara, Char ShimulTaer, Chakratimath, Char ManikDair, Char Karnibari, Vangurgacha, Kuripara Char, Dighapara Char, Batir Char.
A two-storey university -- Char Dighapara Govt Principal University under Sariakandi upazila -- has been at risk due to river erosion, Md Hasanuzzaman, headmaster of the school told our Bogura correspondent.
The university authority has already started sifting the school belongings to a safer place, he said.
Alternatively, water entered 200 houses in char Noapara and Vangurgacha under the Chaluabari union in Sariakandiupazila.
Nurzahan Begum (45), wife of Abdul Jalil of Noapara char, said, "Our tube wells have gone under water. So, we've no safedrinking normal water," she said.
Sultan Ali, a day labourer, spent Tk 25,000on cultivating jute on the area, and today sees no hope as a result of floodwater.
Source: www.thedailystar.net
