Khagrachari Correspondent: The impact of Rimal in Khagrachari has flooded more than 500 families in 10 villages of Merung Union of Dighinala in Khagrachari due to heavy rains. Due to continuous rains, the water level of the Maini River rises and creates wildness.
Due to the sinking of the road in the headquarter area of the Dighinala-Longadu road, road communication with Longdu in Rangamati has been stopped across the country. The Merung market has sunk.
At around 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Alutila collapsed, and vehicles were stopped for more than 3 hours, along with Dhaka and Chittagong. After receiving the information, the members of the fire service went and removed the soil from the road.
Traffic started around 9:30 p.m. A fire service worker named Mohammad Russell Hossain was injured while removing a fallen tree on the road at around 1 o’clock last night. He later died after being brought to the hospital.
A member of the fire service died due to electrocution while cutting uprooted trees on Matiranga Road in Khagrachari due to Cyclone Rimal. Khagrachari Fire Service Assistant Director Md. Zakir Hossain confirmed the matter.
Name of the deceased firefighter. Rasel Hossain’s house is in Basna village in Dhamrai, Dhaka. He joined the Fire Service and Civil Defense as a firefighter in 2023.
Meanwhile, several landslides have occurred on the Dighinala-Marishya road in Khagrachari. Baghaichari and the whole country’s traffic are stopped. Md. Maksudur Rahman, Executive Engineer of Khagrachari Road and Township Division, said, “The work of removing soil from the road is going on. Small vehicles are able to move. Passenger buses and trucks will be able to ply once the soil removal work is completed.”
