WDB dam in Bhola breaches a year after construction

The dam was built by the Water Development Board (WDB) last year at a cost of about Tk 2.5 crore to protect the area from flooding by the Meghna river , sources said

When contacted over phone yesterday, sources there said hundreds of panic-stricken people in the area including women were trying to repair the breached portion of the dam on voluntary basis.

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They said crops including vegetables and newly sown IRRI-Boro fields have gone under water. More areas are being flooded as water is gushing through the breach, they said.