Sofian Khan: Floods have been triggered due to excessive and continuous rainfall in the last few days in three districts of Sylhet division including some upazilas of Chittagong district.
The raining have swelled up Khowai, Manu and Dhalai rivers which caused to flood in numbers of villages in Moulvibazar and Habiganj districts.
Moreover, severe flooding in 3 upazilas in Chittagong were inundated due to incessant rainfall for last three days till this morning causing several thousand people marooned.
People of Hathazari, Raozan and Fatikchhari upazilas of the district are living untold sufferings.
According to the latest numbers, Manu was flowing 175 centimetres above the danger level at 8 Manu Railway Bridge point in Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar. Also, the Dhalai was flowing 52 centimeters over the danger level at Dhalai Bridge point in Kamalganj.
According to Shankar Chakraborty, executive engineer of Water Development Board’s (WDB) local office, there are possibilities that the water level rise in the next 24 hours.
“The onrush of water from Indian state of Tripura is adding to the swelling of rivers in addition to the incessant monsoon rains since yesterday,” he added.
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