Due to continuous heavy rains and flash floods from India, many houses, rural roads and educational institutions of Kulaura, Juri, Kamalganj, Rajnagar and Sadar upazilas of Moulvibazar have been submerged. At least two and a half lakh people are trapped in water.

Apart from this, road communication with Sylhet has also been stopped. But the town has given hope that the water has started to recede.

Locals said that the rains and the hill slopes coming down from the upstream have caused the erosion of the defense embankment in several places of Manu and Dhalai rivers. On Wednesday (August 21) night in Kamalganj upazila, the dam of Dhalai river was breached again. A few more villages were inundated. On the other hand, several villages of Kulaura upazila were submerged after the Tilagaon defense dam of Manu river broke. Several villages of Tengra, Kamarchak, Mansurnagar, Rajnagar Sadar Union of Rajnagar Upazila have been flooded due to the erosion of Manu river.

According to the information of Moulvibazar Water Development Board (PUBO), as per Thursday (August 22) 9 am update, Manu river (Railway Bridge) of the district is 105 cm, Chandnighat area is 115 cm, Dhalai river is 32 cm and Juri river is 190 cm. Flowing over cm. The water of the Kushiara river is 5 cm above the danger level. flowing over.

District relief and rehabilitation officer Mohammad Chadu Mia said that so far, about 5 thousand people have gone to the shelter. 1050 metric tons of rice and 25 lakhs in cash have been allocated to help the flood victims.

Police Superintendent of Moulvibazar. Manjur Rahman said, “Additional police have been appointed to protect the city and people’s lives.”

Executive Engineer of Moulvibazar Water Development Board. Javed Iqbal said, the water of all the rivers of Moulvibazar is currently flowing over the boundary. The water started receding from Thursday morning. If the rain decreases, the water will go down. Apart from this, work is going on in the places where the dam has broken.

He also said that Sylhet’s chief engineer Md. Shafiqul Islam and the supervising engineer of Moulvibazar, Abdul Momin.