Netrokona, Kurigram on flood

 Vast swathes of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts have been flooded for a week, due to heavy rains coupled with the onrush of waters from the upstream. Water recently receded in some regions of the districts and, at the same time, increased in some other parts. 

Adding more to the woe, the flood water entered two more districts – Netrokona and Kurigram – causing immense sufferings to the people. Several hundred acres of Boro field submerged in Netrokona while low-lying areas of Kurigram went under water.

Plight of people is aggravating there in the course of time due to lack of adequate relief materials. The distressed people staged demonstrations failing to avail relief items in Companiganj upazila of Sylhet.

From peoples-

Aftaba Begum, a sexagenarian woman of Pashchim Darsha village in Sylhet sadar upazila, has three children. Of them, the eldest son is mentally challenged while the youngest one is physically challenged. She and her only daughter earn bread and butter for the family by working as domestic helps. They used to earn Tk 300 to 400 per day before the flood and were leading a happy life with it.

But the flood inflicted extreme sufferings on them as they lost their jobs and are now leading an uncertain life with no food items in the house. Despite being extremely poor, they received no relief items from the authorities.

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