Bangladesh The National Disaster Management Authority has said on Saturday that in the country Flood About three lakh people have been forced to live in temporary shelters due to the inundation of low-lying areas.
The floods, triggered by heavy monsoon rains, have killed at least 42 people in Bangladesh and India since the beginning of this week.
With a population of 17 crore, this country is criss-crossed by hundreds of rivers and has been flooded several times in recent decades.
Highways and railway tracks between the capital Dhaka and the main port, Chittagong, have been damaged, making access to flooded districts difficult and affecting business activities.
Among the worst-hit areas is Cox’s Bazar, home to nearly one million Rohingya refugees from neighboring Myanmar.
On the other hand, Tripura State Disaster Agency official Sarat Kumad Das told AFP that 24 people have died in the Indian border area since Monday.
According to Bangladesh Disaster Management Ministry Secretary Qamarul Hasan, 18 more people lost their lives in Bangladesh.
He said that ‘285 thousand people are living in temporary shelters and a total of 45 lakh people have been affected.’
Most of Bangladesh consists of a delta where the great Himalayan rivers, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, flow towards the sea after passing through India.
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The water of the streams originating from these two great rivers is still overflowing their banks. However, forecasts indicate that rainfall is likely to decrease in the coming days.
In Bangladesh, 11 out of 64 districts are severely affected by floods due to recent rains.
Asif Mehmood, a key leader of student protests against former prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid and now sports minister in the interim cabinet India accused of not only hosting Hasina but deliberately releasing water from dams to ‘create floods’.
However, India has denied this allegation.
After weeks of unrest, Pakistan has offered help to flood-hit Bangladesh to deal with the natural disaster.
The Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif has said in a letter written to the Chief Advisor of Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, that ‘there is deep sorrow and grief over the recent catastrophic flood situation in Bangladesh, in this difficult time, the sympathies of the entire Pakistani nation, including me, go to Bangladesh. are with the native government and the people.’
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2024-08-24 23:50:57
