Declare Gangachhara a distressed area, JP MP Mashiur demands

Over 2.5 lakh people, 50,000 of the marooned, are facing acute crisis of food and drinking water, they said at a press conference at Rangpur Press Club on Sunday.

The whole upazila is flooded as the Bijoy Bundh has been partially washed away due to negligence by the Water development Board, Mashiur Rahman said.

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The marooned people are on rooftops, makeshift bamboo structures and boats with no supply of food and water. Many of them are starving, he said.

The floods destroyed hundreds of houses and inundated vast croplands, he said in a written statement.

He demanded adequate supply of relief for the affected people.

The UP chairmen who attended the press conference are Anwarul Islam of Gangachhara, Nurul Amin of Betgari, Rafikul Alam Dulal of Kalkond, Abdul Kader of Nohali, Waheduzzaman of Lakhitari, A Aziz Chowdhury of Barobeel, Mokarram Hossain Sujan of Alamblditor, Khalilur Rahman of Gajaghanta, Faruk Mia of Khaleya, Shamsul Alam of Mornia and Nurul Amin of Uttam.

Local BNP leader Abu Jafar Toffi also attended the press conference.