Thousands of people in 30 low-lying wards of Barishal city have been marooned for the last three days as Cyclone Sitrang-induced heavy rains inundated the areas.
The situation has become so dire that the district administration and the Barishal City Corporation had to provide cooked food to the affected people.
According to Barishal Met Office, a record 352mm was recorded between Sunday and Monday. As a result, the low-lying areas of the city and some important roads were submerged by rainwater.
Although water has receded from the roads, most of the residential areas went under ankle to knee-deep water , which has exacerbated the suffering of the city dwellers as furniture and electronic products are getting damaged.
Md Yasin, a resident of the city’s Sree Nath Chatterjee Lane, said that people in the area were suffering a lot as due to waterlogging.
“There is no place to cook food in our house as water is everywhere. We’re surviving on food bought from outside. This can’t go on,” said Abdur Rahman Mia, a resident of the city’s Bottola area.
Jashim Uddin Hayder, Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Barishal, said that the district administration is providing all kinds of assistance to the marooned people including the supply of cooked food.
Source: United News of Bangladesh