by Naim-Ul-Karim
DHAKA, June 18 (Xinhua) — Almost half of Bangladesh remained in the grip of devastating floods on Saturday, as thousands and thousands of individuals have been marooned or left homeless in low-lying northeastern components of the nation.
Md Kamrul Hasan, secretary of Bangladesh’s Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, advised Xinhua Saturday that tens of 1000’s of policemen, Bangladesh Army troopers and emergency service workers members have been deployed in components of the nation to help search and rescue efforts.
“Bangladesh Army troopers have already been deployed as floods devastated the northeastern districts of Sunamganj and Sylhet,” he mentioned, including there aren’t any recognized accidents nor deaths to have occurred in the nation to date because of the continuing floods.
Officials mentioned 1000’s of properties in Sylhet and Sunamganj have been inundated and electrical energy has been reduce.
The key Surma river working by means of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts burst its banks, flowing at a file charge of over 100 cubic meters a second on Saturday.
“The ongoing floods have been reported in 28 (out of 64) districts in Bangladesh since final week,” Dalil Uddin, a spokesperson for the nation’s National Disaster Response Coordination Center (NDRCC) beneath the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief, advised Xinhua.
Arifuzzaman Bhuiyan, head of the state-run Flood Forecasting and Warning Center, mentioned that many main Bangladeshi rivers have risen to harmful ranges.
He mentioned the general pattern continues to point deterioration in the flooding scenario in the approaching days, notably alarming for the areas across the Brahmaputra and Ganges basins in the nation.
Floods reportedly triggered widespread harm to habitation, crops, roads and highways throughout huge swathes of the nation.
TV reviews confirmed huge areas of land are underwater in components of Bangladesh, particularly in the northeastern Sylhet area as main rivers have been overflowing since final week.
Officials mentioned the onrush of water from hills throughout the Indian borders has just about worsened the scenario in the northeastern Sylhet area.
At least 4 million individuals are marooned and 300,000 are reportedly going through electrical energy outages in the districts of Sunamganj and Sylhet, Bangladesh nationwide information company BSS reported.
There can also be the chance of mud and rock slides in the nation because the flood waters run off.
Also, the monsoon rain on Saturday swept the capital Dhaka, forcing thousands and thousands of metropolis residents to remain indoors many of the day.
Due to incessant rainfall and flowing hill water, a minimum of seven northern Bangladeshi districts have been inundated over the past two to 3 days.
Bangladeshi State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Enamur Rahman advised journalists Saturday that each the federal government and personal companies of the nation are working collectively in the Sylhet area which has been going through floods worst in 122 years.
He mentioned that they had rushed groups of military, navy, coast guard and catastrophe response forces to hold out the rescue, distribute reduction supplies and supervise facilities the place the flood-affected households have taken shelter.
