Low-lying areas of Bagerhat have been submerged due to heavy downpour caused by a depression formed over the northwest Bay.
The situation has made life of people miserable in the low-lying areas where their houses are now under knee-deep water.
Moreover, main thoroughfares of the district town went under water disrupting communication and hampering people’s daily activities.
The low-lying areas of the district including Bagerhat Sadar, Kachua, Rampal, Mongla, Fakirhat, Mollahat, Chitolmari, Morolganj and Sharonkhola become waterlogged causing untold sufferings for townspeople.
Municipality councillor Sardar Liakat Ali, who was distributing dry foods among marooned people yesterday afternoon, said thousands of people had been left marooned in the low-lying areas.
He also said a good number of people had taken shelter at Monica Cinema Hall. He also blamed poor drainage system for the waterlogging. Abdur Rahim, a rickshaw puller, said he had give extra labour while driving rickshaw as most of roads of the town had been inundated by rainwater.
Road communication on the Bagerhat-Khulna road has remained suspend as a portion of the road at Muchimor area was washed away by the Bhairob River on Tuesday evening.
But Section Officer of Roads and Highway Department was not aware of the situation till yesterday evening. When contacted, he said he would look into the matter.
Suman Ahmed, a resident of Mollarhat area, said he had got out of home to go to his office yesterday morning, but could not reach there due to the water-logging. At last he came back to his home finding no way.
Khaled Sarkar, a resident of Morolganj, said rain water could not recede due to strong currents in the Bhairab River as a result the logged water inundated low areas.
Chittagong, Mongla and Cox’s Bazar sea ports have been asked to show warning signal 3 and the river ports signal 2.
Meanwhile, hundreds of fishermen have taken shelter in the rivers and canals connecting to the Bay since yesterday morning as all fishing boats and trawlers over the Bay have been advised to take shelter immediately and remain in shelter until further notice.
Fishing trawlers, especially those catching Ilish, have entered the small canals in the Sundarbans to take shelter from the stormy weather.
Hatem Ali, who sailed his boat in Soronkhola, said they had come back to land because of rough weather. He said: “It will affect our livelihood, but we had no option.” Hundreds of shrimp enclosures were washed away and standing crops on vast areas were also submerged.