Heavy shower

Low lying areas go under water in Ctg

Incessant rain for the past two days submerged low lying areas of the port city of Chittagong while it initially appeared as a welcome shower to relieve residents of sufferings from scorching heat. The Chittagong Patenga Met Office recorded 147.1 mm rainfall in the last 24-hour till 3 pm yesterday (Wednesday), said Tariful Newaz Kabir, met official.
The met official also said that the downpour that due to a monsoon wind in the Bay might continue for next few days.
The civic life almost came to a standstill as office-goers and school going children faced untold sufferings. Mechanised vehicles stopped moving in areas under water while many of those were seen stuck in waters with their engines downed in knee deep waters.
Many areas of the city including No. 2 Gate, Prabartak circle, Chawkbazar, Muradpur, Shulakbahar, Bahadderhat, Pahartali, Kalamia Bazar, Kalurghat, Chandgaon and Bakalia went under knee-deep water.
“It took me two hour to reach my office at Muradpur from Halishahar, said Rubel Barua, an official of a private bank.
“The country’s maritime ports have been asked to hoist local cautionary signal No. three,” added met official.
The water logging was compounded by flash flood when tidal water entered many low-lying areas of the city including Halishahar, Agrabad, Kattali, Bandartila, Goshaildanga, Saltgola Crossing, Chaktai, Khatunganj, Patenga and Bandar.
The water entered some low-lying residential houses, educational institutes and business firms leaving the people marooned.
Salma Ferdousi, a housewife of city’s Kapashgola area said “The rain water entered our house and damaged many households. We are marooned for two days.” The students of educational institutions, garments workers and officer goers faced immense sufferings due to the water congestion.
Activities at Chittagong port were carried out as normal, said Zafar Alam, director (administration) of Chittagong Port Authority.
Meanwhile the Chittagong district administration has been warning hill-side dwellers using loudspeaker to take shelter in safer place due the risk of rain-triggered landslides in the city’s hilly areas. Mohammad Elias Hossain, additional deputy commissioner (revenue) of Chittagong “We have already locked many houses of illegal slum dwellers and demolished many illegal hillside shanties to avoid casualties in possible landslides.”

Heavy shower

Low lying areas go under water in Ctg

Incessant rain for the past two days submerged low lying areas of the port city of Chittagong while it initially appeared as a welcome shower to relieve residents of sufferings from scorching heat. The Chittagong Patenga Met Office recorded 147.1 mm rainfall in the last 24-hour till 3 pm yesterday (Wednesday), said Tariful Newaz Kabir, met official. The met official also said that the downpour that due to a monsoon wind in the Bay might continue for next few days. The civic life almost came to a standstill as office-goers and school going children faced untold sufferings. Mechanised vehicles stopped moving in areas under water while many of those were seen stuck in waters with their engines downed in knee deep waters. Many areas of the city including No. 2 Gate, Prabartak circle, Chawkbazar, Muradpur, Shulakbahar, Bahadderhat, Pahartali, Kalamia Bazar, Kalurghat, Chandgaon and Bakalia went under knee-deep water. It took me two hour to reach my office at Muradpur from Halishahar, said Rubel Barua, an official of a private bank. The countrys maritime ports have been asked to hoist local cautionary signal No. three, added met official. The water logging was compounded by flash flood when tidal water entered many low-lying areas of the city including Halishahar, Agrabad, Kattali, Bandartila, Goshaildanga, Saltgola Crossing, Chaktai, Khatunganj, Patenga and Bandar. The water entered some low-lying residential houses, educational institutes and business firms leaving the people marooned. Salma Ferdousi, a housewife of citys Kapashgola area said The rain water entered our house and damaged many households. We are marooned for two days. The students of educational institutions, garments workers and officer goers faced immense sufferings due to the water congestion. Activities at Chittagong port were carried out as normal, said Zafar Alam, director (administration) of Chittagong Port Authority. Meanwhile the Chittagong district administration has been warning hill-side dwellers using loudspeaker to take shelter in safer place due the risk of rain-triggered landslides in the citys hilly areas. Mohammad Elias Hossain, additional deputy commissioner (revenue) of Chittagong We have already locked many houses of illegal slum dwellers and demolished many illegal hillside shanties to avoid casualties in possible landslides.