A faulty drainage system has resulted into severe waterlogging in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila leaving more than a hundred families marooned.
Since July 10, the families in Beraiderhala village and surrounding areas under the upazila are bearing untold miseries due to the incessant rainfall.
Upon a visit, this correspondent found absence of a proper drainage and sewerage system and a number of streets and tin-shed houses almost flooded in the village.
Rainwater has entered many of the households leaving the people in dire straits.
Many of the inhabitants of the area claimed that the drainage system was built in such a manner that rainwater could not pass through it. It was higher than the level of water clogged in the area. So pedestrians often have to fold their clothes up to knees and walk through the dirty rain water on the streets during monsoon.
A number of houses go under water after heavy downpour, they described with anger.
Shirin Sultana, a housewife living in the area, said: “It has been 14 days since we are living in knee-deep water inside our house. We have built a makeshift structure and hung it from the roof where we stay awake at night.”
“Unplanned dumping of land and a faulty drainage system is responsible for the situation,” alleged Alauddin, chairman of Golden Star Academy in Beraiderchala village.
Sreepur City Corporation Engineer Sanowar Hossain told the Dhaka Tribune: “The water-logging was caused due to the Eid vacation as many of the garment factories in Gazipur had dumped their industrial wastes in a haphazard manner which blocked the drains thus blocking the rainwater to pass away. Necessary steps for removing the rain water will be taken soon.”
