Flood situation in Ctg, Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban improves
Chittagong, June 28 (UNB) - The flood situation in Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts has improved significantly as the rainwater started to recede.
The flood waters started subsiding from many areas of the three districts in the country’s southeaster region after rain ceased on Wednesday. There were no reports of fresh deaths in hill slides or wall collapses in the three districts.
In Chittagong, the flood waters started receding from many inundated areas on Wednesday after rain stopped.
Domestic and international flights to and from Shah Amanat International Airport resumed today. The flight operations were suspended on Tuesday as the runway went under water.
The railway authorities were operating train services on Dhaka-Chittagong route from Bhatiari in Sitakunda after a railway bridge collapsed near Bhatiari on Tuesday.
In Bandarban, the flood-affected people who took shelter at the 10 government shelter camps in the district town started returning to their homes after flood situation improved there.
At least 103 people were killed in separate incidents of hill slide, wall collapse, lightning and boat capsize caused by incessant rains in Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts on Tuesday and Wednesday.
According reports reaching the UNB news desk, 22 bodies have so far been recovered in Chittgaong while 41 in Cox’s Bazar and 40 in Bandarban districts.
In Chittagong, 14 people were killed in a series of landslides in Akbar Shaha Mazar, Jalalabad and Banshkhali areas.
Members of the army, police, and fire service and city corporation officials conducted overnight drives in the areas and recovered the bodies and rescued many others trapped under earth, said Jasim Uddin, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence in Chittagong.
Fire Brigade personnel retrieved the bodies of two minors - a four-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl - from the debris of Akbar Shaha Mazar area around 6pm on Wednesday, said Jasim Uddin.
Besides, a minor boy, Abul Hossain, died on the spot when a wall collapsed on him on Tuesday night at Ambagan in Khulshi area while a young man, Kawser, was buried alive in a hill slide at Hajipara in Hathazari upazila on the same night, and Shamsul Alam, 40, and his son Farhad, 6, died as a big chunk of hill collapsed on them at Jangalsalimpur in Sitakunda upazila.
Meanwhile, two people -- Abu Taher and Moni Akhter-- were killed and their parents injured when a streak of lightning struck them during rains on Tuesday afternoon in Satkania upazila and two were electrocuted at Akamal Ali road in Halisahar area of the city.
In Bandarban, at least 40 people were killed in separate incidents of hill slide triggered by ceaseless rain in Lama and Naikhongchhari upazilas on Tuesday midnight.
Police said large chunks of hill collapsed on four dwelling houses killing at least 24 people, including 11 of a family, at Faitong of Raimbakhola village in Lama upazila.
Hill slide also killed three people at Ruposipara and one at Wichamongpara of Lama. They are Tashina Akter, 8, Abu Khaleque, 6, Oni Akhter, 4, and Nasima Akhter, 30.
Landslide also left at least 12 people dead in Naikhongchhari upazila on the same time.
Besides, five people were killed in hill slides at Mognomapara and two at Dosarai in Lama upazila.
Fire fighters could not reach the spot as there is no wide road to be there with vehicles.
UNB Cox’s Bazar correspondent reports: Forty-one people were killed and several others injured in separate incidents of hill slide and drowning and lightning amid downpour in the district.
Of them, three were killed two in Sadar upazila, 10 in Ramu, seven in Chakoria, three in Pekua, five in Moheshkhali, 10 in Ukhia and one in Kutubdia upazilas.
Hill slide also killed eight people, including four of a family, at Kachhapia in Ramu.
Rolling waters from hills washed away two people at Tessilpur in Ramu upazila.
At Kochhapia village, three members of a family were killed when a big chunk of earth fell on them, Union Parishad chairman Nurul Amin told UNB.
Six people were killed as thunderbolts stuck them in different areas of the district on Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Besides, at least 15 went missing as three small boats capsized in the Bakkhali River under Ramu upazila on Tuesday night while hill waters washed away three people from Kachhapia village.
Meanwhile, the bodies of two unidentified people who died in a hill slide were recovered in Ramu upazila.
The flood waters started subsiding from many areas of the three districts in the country’s southeaster region after rain ceased on Wednesday. There were no reports of fresh deaths in hill slides or wall collapses in the three districts.
In Chittagong, the flood waters started receding from many inundated areas on Wednesday after rain stopped.
Domestic and international flights to and from Shah Amanat International Airport resumed today. The flight operations were suspended on Tuesday as the runway went under water.
The railway authorities were operating train services on Dhaka-Chittagong route from Bhatiari in Sitakunda after a railway bridge collapsed near Bhatiari on Tuesday.
In Bandarban, the flood-affected people who took shelter at the 10 government shelter camps in the district town started returning to their homes after flood situation improved there.
At least 103 people were killed in separate incidents of hill slide, wall collapse, lightning and boat capsize caused by incessant rains in Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban districts on Tuesday and Wednesday.
According reports reaching the UNB news desk, 22 bodies have so far been recovered in Chittgaong while 41 in Cox’s Bazar and 40 in Bandarban districts.
In Chittagong, 14 people were killed in a series of landslides in Akbar Shaha Mazar, Jalalabad and Banshkhali areas.
Members of the army, police, and fire service and city corporation officials conducted overnight drives in the areas and recovered the bodies and rescued many others trapped under earth, said Jasim Uddin, deputy assistant director of Fire Service and Civil Defence in Chittagong.
Fire Brigade personnel retrieved the bodies of two minors - a four-year-old boy and a three-year-old girl - from the debris of Akbar Shaha Mazar area around 6pm on Wednesday, said Jasim Uddin.
Besides, a minor boy, Abul Hossain, died on the spot when a wall collapsed on him on Tuesday night at Ambagan in Khulshi area while a young man, Kawser, was buried alive in a hill slide at Hajipara in Hathazari upazila on the same night, and Shamsul Alam, 40, and his son Farhad, 6, died as a big chunk of hill collapsed on them at Jangalsalimpur in Sitakunda upazila.
Meanwhile, two people -- Abu Taher and Moni Akhter-- were killed and their parents injured when a streak of lightning struck them during rains on Tuesday afternoon in Satkania upazila and two were electrocuted at Akamal Ali road in Halisahar area of the city.
In Bandarban, at least 40 people were killed in separate incidents of hill slide triggered by ceaseless rain in Lama and Naikhongchhari upazilas on Tuesday midnight.
Police said large chunks of hill collapsed on four dwelling houses killing at least 24 people, including 11 of a family, at Faitong of Raimbakhola village in Lama upazila.
Hill slide also killed three people at Ruposipara and one at Wichamongpara of Lama. They are Tashina Akter, 8, Abu Khaleque, 6, Oni Akhter, 4, and Nasima Akhter, 30.
Landslide also left at least 12 people dead in Naikhongchhari upazila on the same time.
Besides, five people were killed in hill slides at Mognomapara and two at Dosarai in Lama upazila.
Fire fighters could not reach the spot as there is no wide road to be there with vehicles.
UNB Cox’s Bazar correspondent reports: Forty-one people were killed and several others injured in separate incidents of hill slide and drowning and lightning amid downpour in the district.
Of them, three were killed two in Sadar upazila, 10 in Ramu, seven in Chakoria, three in Pekua, five in Moheshkhali, 10 in Ukhia and one in Kutubdia upazilas.
Hill slide also killed eight people, including four of a family, at Kachhapia in Ramu.
Rolling waters from hills washed away two people at Tessilpur in Ramu upazila.
At Kochhapia village, three members of a family were killed when a big chunk of earth fell on them, Union Parishad chairman Nurul Amin told UNB.
Six people were killed as thunderbolts stuck them in different areas of the district on Tuesday night and Wednesday.
Besides, at least 15 went missing as three small boats capsized in the Bakkhali River under Ramu upazila on Tuesday night while hill waters washed away three people from Kachhapia village.
Meanwhile, the bodies of two unidentified people who died in a hill slide were recovered in Ramu upazila.
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