Late monsoon rain raised the water level in the Muhuri river in Feni and the Brahmaputra river in Jamalpur which damaged the city protecting embankments there. The return of the flood compounded people’s miseries in those areas by damaging their properties and farmlands.
Our correspondent form Feni reports: Heavy rain and onrush of water from the upstream raised water level in the Muhury river which damaged the guard walls protecting Fulgazi Bazar and a 50 meter stretch of embankment in Bijoypur area of Feni. As a result, Fulgazi Bazar, Kismat Bijoypur in Sadar union, Basura, Uttar Boroiya and Daulatpur village areas were inundated.
Chairman of Fulgazi upazila Abdul Alim told the Dhaka Tribune that more than 500 shops were flooded in Fulgazi Bazar and the shopowners suffered heavy losses as stocked items in those shops were damaged by the floodwater. Many farmlands were inundated and floodwater washed away fishes in the ponds, the chairman added.
Fulgazi UNO Mahidur Rahman said Water Development Board (WDB) was notified about the required repair work on the damaged portion of the embankment.
Meanwhile our correspondent from Jamalpur reports that incessant raining and onrush of water from the upstream raised water level in the Brahmaputra river and river erosion was threatening the establishments on its banks.
A 240 meter stretch of the embankment near the SDO Bungalow area caved in due to heavy current in the Brahmaputra river, and cracks were widening on many other portions of the embankment. District administration was trying to stop river erosion by dumping sandbags.
District Commissioner Md Shahabuddin Khan visited the flood affected area and told the Dhaka Tribune that the WDB was asked to take necessary measures to prevent the river erosion.