Chittagong residents suffer after heavy rains inundate city

The misery of Chittagong residents has multiplied after incessant rain in the past four days left most areas of the port city under water.

The Patenga Met Office has recorded 235 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours only in Chittagong.
 
Met Office official Farid Uddin told bdnews24.com that the rain is likely to continue for another day.
 
He said the maritime ports have been advised to show cautionary signal number 3 due to the stormy weather in the Bay of Bengal.
 
Many busy roads and areas in Chittagong, including Sholoshahor, Muradpur, Mohammadpur, Chandgao, Chawkbazar, Agrabad, Halishahor, Patenga, Bakoli and Kathgorh, have gone under waist-high water due to heavy showers that started on Thursday night.
 

 

Residents in the city’s low-lying areas have been affected the most.

The Chittagong Shilpakala Academy has also suffered minor damage due to a landslip.

Cultural Officer Moslem Uddin Shikdar told bdnews24.com that the landslide on the hill behind the Academy tore down the boundary wall in one spot and broke a window on the first floor.

Small vehicles were unable to ply on the road leading to Hazrat Shah Amanat International Airport, as it was heavily waterlogged.

Residents of that area said the ground floors of their houses were under water.

Severe waterlogging in Chittagong during monsoon every year was the issue that topped the electoral pledges of the mayoral aspirants during the city corporation election in April.

New mayor AJM Nasir Uddin, who promised to free the city residents from sufferings during the rainy season, wielded an umbrella as he assumed office in the city corporation building at Andarkilla on Sunday.

Bandarban flood woes continue

Floods have affected at least 1,800 families in Bandarban Sadar, Lama and Naikkhangchharhi Upazilas, district authorities and locals said Sunday morning.

Road links were snapped due to the incessant rain over the last four days. The downpour caused many landslides but there were no casualties.

Bandarban Sadar UNO Md Shafiqul Islam said they have arranged for relief materials including food for those seeking refuge at the shelters set up in all primary schools.

The Upazila officer added that a special army medical team was on standby for emergencies.

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