Chandpur town protection embankment threatened
With sudden erosion by Meghna River, parts of Chandpur town protection embankment have become vulnerable. As the Meghna started devouring about 100-metre area from Jugipatti to fish market at Puran Bazar of the town at around 1:00pm yesterday, panicked people started shifting whatever they could to safer places. To stop further erosion in the area, authorities started dumping sand bags yesterday afternoon. Earlier on Monday night, over 10 metres of the town protection embankment at Molehead (extreme west of the town) near Chandpur Railway Station suddenly collapsed.