A total of 552 kilometres (km) of road and eight bridges and culverts have been damaged during the recent flash flood in parts of Sunamganj district, said officials at the Local Government and Engineering Department (LGED) on Monday.
According to the LGED, of the damaged roads, 500km is under LGED while the rest 52km is under the Roads and Highways Department.
Mahmudul Hasan, deputy divisional engineer of Sunamganj Roads and Highways Department, confirmed that some 52km of road under the department was damaged during the flood.
The worst affected were Noarabai-Banglabazar road, Chhatak-Jauabazar road, Chhatak-Gobindaganj road, Kaitak-Haydarpur road, Lama-Rasulganj road in Chhatak upazila, Tahirpur-Badaghat road, Garh-Kalagaon road in Tahirpur upazila, Niamatpur-Fatehpur-Anwarpur road in Salukabad of Bishwamvarpur upazila and Dowarabazar-Banglabazar road, Dowarabazar-Sunamganj road, Dowarabazar-Bogla road in Dowarabazar upazila of the district.
A rubber dam and a number of embankments were also damaged during the flood.
Md Mahbub Alam, executive magistrate of Sunamganj LGED said the government incurred a loss of Tk150 crore for damages to LGED roads.
The estimate of the damage is likely to be higher, he said.
Several millions of people have been affected in a flood triggered by the onrush of hilly waters from India and rainfall since May 14 in the district.
A vast tract of cropland and other areas were flooded, causing untold suffering to the affected people of the district.