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Bangladesh floods recede
Officials in Bangladesh say there is some improvement in the flood situation as no significa
nt amount of rain has fallen since Friday.
They says water levels are generally starting to recede, although in four districts river levels have continued to rise.
Government officials now say that twenty-four people have been killed and more than four million affected by the floods.
The national Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre says the flood situation is expected to improve further in the next twenty-four hours.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Servic
This is a report from bbc. But you all know the actual situation.........
Another report..............................................
An elderly woman approached this correspondent from behind and grabbed him by his wrist as he was finishing off talking with a family in a flood shelter at Razarbagh Adarsha Binodini High School.
"Put down my name [on the list] -- its Shamsunnahar," she insisted, thinking that she would be able to receive relief materials if her name is printed in newspapers.
"We have been staying here for the last one week and we are about to die, but no one came here to give away anything to us," said Shamsunnahar, who, along with her two daughters and grand children, took shelter at the school under Sabujbagh thana.
Another elderly woman, Amena Bewa, accused this correspondent in a resentful tone, "We are dying here and you came to see us now?"
After slums and houses in the low-lying areas in the vicinity went under water about ten days ago, the Razarbagh Adarsha Binodini High School authorities allowed an estimated of 1,000 flood-affected people on the school premises as an act of social obligation, but they are yet to receive any government relief materials.
Rahela, a young widow with a nine-month-old boy, said she is not able to breastfeed her child. "I do not have anything to eat, how will my baby get milk?" she questioned, adding, "I am feeding him powdered puffed rice and ground rice mixed in water."
Rahela, a manual brick chips labourer at building construction sites, is now struggling to survive with her sister and mother -- a panhandler.
Two health workers of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) were seen surrounded by around 50 destitute mothers on the terrace of the school. The mothers said they had been living on flattened rice and rice cakes only since cooking facility is not available in the shelter.
"We are running short of drinking water as the supply water lines went under water," they added.
"We generally work as 'buas' [domestic help], but now we cannot go to work as almost all the roads in this area are under water. We also cannot leave our small kids unattended fearing that they might drown," said Nasima Akter, adding that her husband, a rickshaw puller, is also unable to ply rickshaw because knee-deep water on the roads. "Only Allah knows what will happen to us," she sighed.
A rickshaw puller by the name of Harun Rashid said scores of rickshaw pullers in the surrounding areas went jobless due to the floods.
According to DCC health worker Rahima Akter, the DCC medical team is providing medical assistance to around 60 patients everyday -- mostly to women and children. They are being treated for diarrhoea, cold, fever and skin diseases caused by drinking contaminated water.
"We have been distributing water purifying tablets, but the stock is too little," she added.
According to District Civil Surgeon's office, over 1,500 individuals received medical treatment from their medical teams since August 1. At least 86 medical teams were at work in flood-affected areas yesterday.
So far, most low-lying areas in the eastern part of the city including East Razarbagh, Basabo, Kalibari, Baghpara, Begunbari, Amulia, Maniknagar, Shekherjaga, Shahibagh, Dakkhingaon, Daspara of Sabujgaon, Nandipara, Trimohoni, Nasirabad, Badda, Rampura, Banasree and Khilgaon have been flooded.
Some parts of old and western Dhaka including Kamrangirchar, Jaulahati, Kholamura, Baragram, Ali Nagar, Muslimbagh, Koilaghat, Tannery Mor and Munshirhat also went under water.
Dhaka City Corporation Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka yesterday decided to set up camps and provide foods to the flood victims.
The DCC also opened a control room with a telephone-- number 9563508.
Twenty-eight more people died yesterday due to flood-related reasons raising the death toll to 192.
Meanwhile, a total of 3,648 people across the country were affected in diarrhoea and other diseases in 24 hours ended at 12:00 noon yesterday raising the total number of affected people to 18,972 with diarrhoea, 2543 with cold and fever, 2574 with skin diseases and 704 with eye infections.
Nine out of 65 people who received snakebites died so far since July 31.
Abdul Kader, executive director of Samata, an NGO involved in relief operation in Sirajganj, told the BBC Radio yesterday that water-borne diseases might take a serious turn, as there are shortages of drinking water, water purifying tablets and oral saline.
Meanwhile, river erosion took a serious turn in the affected areas, according to reports received from different districts.
Water in all the major rivers of the north and northeastern parts of the country continued to recede yesterday.
Meanwhile, water in the rivers around Dhaka and Narayanganj, except Buriganga, remained static though were flowing above danger levels yesterday evening, according to Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre.
Mozammel Hossain, a duty officer of the centre, told The Daily Star that water in Balu river was flowing 66cm above danger levels yesterday.
The Shitalakkha was flowing 41cm above danger level and the Turag 6cm above red mark yesterday.
"Though these rivers are flowing above danger levels, water level is likely to go below danger levels in 24 to 48 hours," he said adding it would not be a problem even though there is some rain.
Our Pabna correspondent reported that floodwater caused damage to Faridpur-Bhangura highway and Chatmohar-Sychola road.
At least 27 people were admitted in different hospitals in the district yesterday with diarrhoea, health department sources said.
Akter Hossain, 40, of village Chak-Dighir under Bhangura upazila died of diarrhoea yesterday while a 7-year old boy Ekramul of Raishimul under Sujanager upazila drowned in floodwater.
According to our Manikganj correspondent, three members of a family including a navy officer died in boat capsize on Bohora Beel under Daulatpur upazila on Tuesday night.
The victims were identified as Shahidul Islam, 38, the naval staff, his seven-year old son Badhon and his brother's eleven-year old daughter Taru.
Daulatpur Police Station sources said the bodies of Shahidul Islam and Badhon were recovered yesterday morning but Taru's body was still missing till filling of this report.
Our Munshiganj correspondent reported that the flood-affected people in the district are facing shortages of food and drinking water.
A total of 1.5 lakh people are still marooned while road communications between Louhajang, Sirajdikhan and Srinagar upazilas and district sadar are still disrupted.
_________________________________ Daily star report. 08-08-07
We all should come forward to save these people. If we just give a little amount of money from our daily spendings this will be lot for these people.
So please come and halp us to help them......
For Northsouth University.
Rashed Moslem
Officials in Bangladesh say there is some improvement in the flood situation as no significa
nt amount of rain has fallen since Friday.They says water levels are generally starting to recede, although in four districts river levels have continued to rise.
Government officials now say that twenty-four people have been killed and more than four million affected by the floods.
The national Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre says the flood situation is expected to improve further in the next twenty-four hours.
From the newsroom of the BBC World Servic
This is a report from bbc. But you all know the actual situation.........
Another report..............................................
An elderly woman approached this correspondent from behind and grabbed him by his wrist as he was finishing off talking with a family in a flood shelter at Razarbagh Adarsha Binodini High School.
"Put down my name [on the list] -- its Shamsunnahar," she insisted, thinking that she would be able to receive relief materials if her name is printed in newspapers.
"We have been staying here for the last one week and we are about to die, but no one came here to give away anything to us," said Shamsunnahar, who, along with her two daughters and grand children, took shelter at the school under Sabujbagh thana.
Another elderly woman, Amena Bewa, accused this correspondent in a resentful tone, "We are dying here and you came to see us now?"
After slums and houses in the low-lying areas in the vicinity went under water about ten days ago, the Razarbagh Adarsha Binodini High School authorities allowed an estimated of 1,000 flood-affected people on the school premises as an act of social obligation, but they are yet to receive any government relief materials.
Rahela, a young widow with a nine-month-old boy, said she is not able to breastfeed her child. "I do not have anything to eat, how will my baby get milk?" she questioned, adding, "I am feeding him powdered puffed rice and ground rice mixed in water."
Rahela, a manual brick chips labourer at building construction sites, is now struggling to survive with her sister and mother -- a panhandler.
Two health workers of Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) were seen surrounded by around 50 destitute mothers on the terrace of the school. The mothers said they had been living on flattened rice and rice cakes only since cooking facility is not available in the shelter.
"We are running short of drinking water as the supply water lines went under water," they added.
"We generally work as 'buas' [domestic help], but now we cannot go to work as almost all the roads in this area are under water. We also cannot leave our small kids unattended fearing that they might drown," said Nasima Akter, adding that her husband, a rickshaw puller, is also unable to ply rickshaw because knee-deep water on the roads. "Only Allah knows what will happen to us," she sighed.
A rickshaw puller by the name of Harun Rashid said scores of rickshaw pullers in the surrounding areas went jobless due to the floods.
According to DCC health worker Rahima Akter, the DCC medical team is providing medical assistance to around 60 patients everyday -- mostly to women and children. They are being treated for diarrhoea, cold, fever and skin diseases caused by drinking contaminated water.
"We have been distributing water purifying tablets, but the stock is too little," she added.
According to District Civil Surgeon's office, over 1,500 individuals received medical treatment from their medical teams since August 1. At least 86 medical teams were at work in flood-affected areas yesterday.
So far, most low-lying areas in the eastern part of the city including East Razarbagh, Basabo, Kalibari, Baghpara, Begunbari, Amulia, Maniknagar, Shekherjaga, Shahibagh, Dakkhingaon, Daspara of Sabujgaon, Nandipara, Trimohoni, Nasirabad, Badda, Rampura, Banasree and Khilgaon have been flooded.
Some parts of old and western Dhaka including Kamrangirchar, Jaulahati, Kholamura, Baragram, Ali Nagar, Muslimbagh, Koilaghat, Tannery Mor and Munshirhat also went under water.
Dhaka City Corporation Mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka yesterday decided to set up camps and provide foods to the flood victims.
The DCC also opened a control room with a telephone-- number 9563508.
Twenty-eight more people died yesterday due to flood-related reasons raising the death toll to 192.
Meanwhile, a total of 3,648 people across the country were affected in diarrhoea and other diseases in 24 hours ended at 12:00 noon yesterday raising the total number of affected people to 18,972 with diarrhoea, 2543 with cold and fever, 2574 with skin diseases and 704 with eye infections.
Nine out of 65 people who received snakebites died so far since July 31.
Abdul Kader, executive director of Samata, an NGO involved in relief operation in Sirajganj, told the BBC Radio yesterday that water-borne diseases might take a serious turn, as there are shortages of drinking water, water purifying tablets and oral saline.
Meanwhile, river erosion took a serious turn in the affected areas, according to reports received from different districts.
Water in all the major rivers of the north and northeastern parts of the country continued to recede yesterday.
Meanwhile, water in the rivers around Dhaka and Narayanganj, except Buriganga, remained static though were flowing above danger levels yesterday evening, according to Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre.
Mozammel Hossain, a duty officer of the centre, told The Daily Star that water in Balu river was flowing 66cm above danger levels yesterday.
The Shitalakkha was flowing 41cm above danger level and the Turag 6cm above red mark yesterday.
"Though these rivers are flowing above danger levels, water level is likely to go below danger levels in 24 to 48 hours," he said adding it would not be a problem even though there is some rain.
Our Pabna correspondent reported that floodwater caused damage to Faridpur-Bhangura highway and Chatmohar-Sychola road.
At least 27 people were admitted in different hospitals in the district yesterday with diarrhoea, health department sources said.
Akter Hossain, 40, of village Chak-Dighir under Bhangura upazila died of diarrhoea yesterday while a 7-year old boy Ekramul of Raishimul under Sujanager upazila drowned in floodwater.
According to our Manikganj correspondent, three members of a family including a navy officer died in boat capsize on Bohora Beel under Daulatpur upazila on Tuesday night.
The victims were identified as Shahidul Islam, 38, the naval staff, his seven-year old son Badhon and his brother's eleven-year old daughter Taru.
Daulatpur Police Station sources said the bodies of Shahidul Islam and Badhon were recovered yesterday morning but Taru's body was still missing till filling of this report.
Our Munshiganj correspondent reported that the flood-affected people in the district are facing shortages of food and drinking water.
A total of 1.5 lakh people are still marooned while road communications between Louhajang, Sirajdikhan and Srinagar upazilas and district sadar are still disrupted.
_________________________________ Daily star report. 08-08-07
We all should come forward to save these people. If we just give a little amount of money from our daily spendings this will be lot for these people.
So please come and halp us to help them......
For Northsouth University.
Rashed Moslem
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