Due to heavy rains and hill slopes, flash flood water started coming down from the upstream in the upazilas of Jhenaigati, Nalitabari and Srivardi bordering Sherpur, but new areas were flooded in Bhati area.
Simultaneously, parts of Gazirkhamar, Dhala, Bajitkhila and Pakuria unions of Sherpur Sadar upazila and parts of Nakla, Urfa, Ganapaddi and Gaurdwar unions of Nakla upazila and parts of Nakla municipality were flooded. Due to this flood, all types of crops including rice and vegetables and fish farmers have suffered huge losses. Besides, rural roads and embankments along with regional highways have been damaged.
Abdur Razzak (60), son of deceased Tofazzal Hossain of Ghazaria village of Ganapaddi union of Nakla upazila, drowned while fishing in flood waters on Sunday afternoon. Later fire service members recovered his body. Nakla police station OC Habibur Rahman confirmed the matter around 10 pm on Sunday. With this, the number of dead people drowned in the flood water stood at six.
Earlier, five people died and one woman is missing in Nalitabari upazila of the district due to drowning in flood water. On the other hand, the melted body of an unidentified ethnic minority woman was found floating in the flood water in Sandhyakura area of Jhenaigati upazila.
Executive Engineer of the District Paubo. Nakibuzzaman Khan said on Sunday evening that the water of Bhogai river has reduced and is flowing below the flood line at Nalitabari point by 92 cm. The Chellakhali river water has reduced and is flowing below the flood line by 17 cm. Besides, even though the water of the old Brahmaputra river is rising, it is flowing 555 cm below Vipatseema.
District Fisheries Officer Pranab Kumar Karmakar said that 6 thousand 56 ponds in the district have been washed away due to landslides and dam breaks. The fish farmers have lost all the fish.
He also said that it is initially estimated that there has been a loss of around 53 crore rupees.
Humayun Kabir, Additional Deputy Director of District Agriculture Extension Department, agriculturist Humayun Kabir said, this time Ropa Aman has been cultivated in 93 thousand 708 hectares of land. Among them, 32 thousand 118 hectares of Ropa Aman paddy have been completely submerged and 14 thousand 672 hectares of Ropa Aman have been partially submerged due to floods caused by heavy rains and landslides. 2 thousand 63 hectares of vegetables have been cultivated in the district. Out of this, 396 hectares were completely submerged in flood water and 663 hectares were partially submerged. 6 lakh 93 thousand 618 sacks of ginger have been cultivated in the district. 4 lakh 69 thousand 194 sacks were affected by flood. A total of 1 lakh 72 thousand 630 farmers have been affected by the flood.
