50,000 marooned in Netrakona
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19/08/2008
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Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Heavy rain and onrush of hill waters from across the border have triggered flash flood in the district.
About 50,000 people were marooned in Kalmakanda, Mohonganj and Khaliajuri upazilas in last three days.
A major part of Netrakona Sadar upazila may go under water if rain continues for another day, said sources in Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB).
Water level in four major rivers of Sumeshowary, Mogra, Kongsha and Dhanu rose sharply within 24 hours, they said. The Dhanu is now flowing above danger level overflowing its bank at Nawtana point in Khaliajuri upazila. Langura, Rangchati, Karnai, Pogla and Koilati unions in Kalmakanda upazila are now under 4 to 6 feet water.
Road communication from the district headquarters with Kalmakanda Upazila Sadar was snapped following damage in part of a road near Gotora Bazar in Kalmakanda upazila.
Five-kilometre area of Kalmakanda-Hatgobindapur road, only road linking Kalmakanda upazila headquarters with the border villages of the upazila went under 3 to 4 feet water.
Twenty-kilometre area of the 60-kilometre Netrakona-Khaliajuri road are under five to six feet floodwaters disrupting road communication between Netrakona and Khaliajuri upazila headquarters. Aman seedlings on a vast tract of land also damaged.