Sylhet representative: Continuous rains and the hill slopes coming down from upstream are increasing the water in Sylhet rivers. Sylhet has received 61 mm of rain in the last 24 hours. As two more upazilas of the district have been affected by floods, the number of people trapped in water is also increasing. The district administration said that 5 lakh 33 thousand 202 people were trapped in water in 7 upazilas till 10 a.m. yesterday. And 4,802 people went to the shelter. 7 out of 13 upazilas in the district are affected by floods.
Five of them are in critical condition. Cyclone Remal brought continuous heavy rains to the hilly areas of Meghalaya and Assam in India. As a result, the hills coming down from across the border caused floods in Goainghat, Companyganj, Jaintapur, Kanighat, and Jokiganj in Sylhet. Surma, Kushiara, Sari, Lova, Dhalai, and Piain rivers broke the embankment at different places and flooded the vast towns of those five upazilas.
Meanwhile, since last Thursday, the water of the Kushiara River has started entering through different places in Biyanibazar and Golapganj. As a result, these two upazilas have also been affected by floods. Among them were 2 lakh 45 thousand 750 people from 13 unions of Goainghat upazila, 93 thousand people from 3 unions of Companyganj upazila, 80 thousand 600 people from 9 unions of Kanighat upazila, 65 thousand people from 3 unions of Jaintapur, 39 thousand 852 people from 8 unions of Jokiganj, and 5 thousand from 5 unions of Biyanibazar. 500 people and 3 thousand 500 people of a union in Golapganj have been trapped in water.
So far, 7 of the 13 upazilas of the district have been affected by floods, but shelters have been kept ready in all the upazilas. The district administration has opened a total of 547 shelters in 13 upazilas of the district. 4,802 people took shelter yesterday until Friday morning. Among them, 95 people took shelter in 55 shelters in Jokiganj, 675 people in 48 shelters in Jaintapur, 2356 people in 56 shelters in Goainghat, 1466 people in 31 shelters in Kanighat, 135 people in 35 shelters in Companyganj, 60 people in 67 shelters in Biyanibazar, and 15 people in 57 shelters in Golapganj till Thursday. Sylhet Deputy Commissioner Sheikh Russell Hasan said that the number of shelters will be reduced considering the flood situation.
