Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will visit the flood-hit haor areas of the district on Sunday, reports UNB from Sunamganj.
Deputy Commissioner of the district Sheikh Rafiqul Islam disclosed this yesterday.
An emergency meeting was scheduled to be held at the DC office around 7pm yesterday to take necessary preparations for the visit of the Prime Minister.
The DC also urged the officials concerned to join in the meeting.
Flashflood triggered by heavy rainfall and the onrush of water from the upstream have submerged all haors of the district, damaging huge Boro crops. It also caused deaths of huge fishes and ducks on the haors.
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Hundreds of flood-hit victims in the haors (wetlands) of Sunamganj district have been left starving in the absence of relief materials from the government and NGOs. The victims, mostly farmers, sit idle,… 
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