A Correspondent:
Chattogram: The death toll from incessant continuous heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in Chat-togram division has risen to 50, while 80,000 homes and hundreds of educational institutions and transport links have been damaged, according to the Chattogram Divisional Commissioner’s Office.
A report on Sunday said flooding has affected 408 unions and municipalities across 11 districts. About 34,723 people are now staying in flood shelters across the division.
Chattogram district is the worst affected in terms of administrative areas, with 176 unions and munici-palities inundated. It is followed by Cox’s Bazar (74), Rangamati (42), Khagrachhari (41) and Bandarban (36).
Cox’s Bazar has recorded the highest death toll, with 28 fatalities. Chattogram reported 13 deaths, fol-lowed by Bandarban with six and Rangamati with three. One person each remains missing in Cox’s Bazar and Rangamati.
The floods have damaged around 80,000 houses, 344 educational institutions, 3,840 kilometres of roads and 339 bridges and culverts.
Cox’s Bazar suffered the heaviest housing damage, with 48,063 homes affected. Bandarban reported damage to 15,330 houses, Chattogram 14,281, Khagrachhari 1,040 and Rangamati 473.
Chattogram district also has the largest number of displaced people, with 22,600 people taking shelter in 670 centres. Elsewhere, 6,250 people are staying in 200 shelters in Bandarban, 3,903 in 53 shelters in Rangamati, 1,580 in 618 shelters in Cox’s Bazar and 581 in 150 shelters in Khagrachhari.
As part of the ongoing relief operation, authorities have distributed 923 metric tonnes of rice, 7,281 packets of dry food and Tk 12.7 million in cash assistance across the division.
