Over Tk 100cr flood loss in Netrakona, Pabna, B'baria
Flood damaged Sirajgonj-Hatikumru road which caused untold sufferings to commuters and pedestrians alike.Photo: STAR
Floodwaters have receded from the districts of Netrakona, Pabna and Brahmanbaria leaving a trail of devastation in the areas. Over Tk 100cr flood loss has been estimated officially in Netrakona, Pabna and Brahmanbaria districts. Our Netrakona Corespondent reports: Flood damage in the entire district has been estimated to be Tk 98 crore, the district administration sources said. Netrakona district administration sources said the breakup is as follows: 7,000 damaged houses worth about Tk 5 crore, 4,000 hectares of damaged seedbed worth about Tk 8 crore, 9,000 hectares of damaged vegetable field worth about Tk 27 crore, seven damaged bridges worth about Tk 21 crore, 41 damaged culverts worth about Tk 4 crore and 34 km damaged embankment worth about Tk 16 crore and 310 km damaged roads worth about Tk 17 crore. Although the flood situation improved a lot, but the road communications between Netrakona district headquarters and Kalmakanda, Durgapur upazila headquarters remained disrupted, This is because seven bridges and 21 culverts are yet to be repaired. The flood affected people are returning to their homes, but the land less and the destitutes are still living under the sky. As a result, future of the flood affected people, specially of the low-income group, whose homesteads were lost in the devastating flood remained bleak. Our Pabna Correspondent reports: The recent flood has caused a major damage to fisheries sector in the entire district, official sources said. Fish and fry worth about Tk 5 core in at least 3,000 ponds were washed away by floodwaters, Pabna district fisheries office sources said. At least 2,220 acres of breeding grounds of fish were washed away in seven upazilas here. The affected upazilas are Pabna Sadar, Ishwardi, Chatmohar, Bera, Sujanager, Faridpur and Bhangura, said fisheries office sources. The district fisheries office has urged the authorities concerned for a grant of Tk 2.80 lakh for rehabilitation of about 1,700 marginal fish farmers. But the authorities concerned are yet to allocate the fund, sources said. Meanwhile, fish farmers are not getting fertiliser for fish cultivation causing sufferings to fish farmers, related sources said. Pabna district fisheries office sources said, fish and fry of 852 ponds worth Tk 1.78 crore were washed away in Chatmohar upazila while in Bhangura upazila fish of 562 ponds worth Tk 81 lakh, in Faridpur upazila fish of 386 ponds worth Tk 88 lakh, in Bera upazila, fish of 156 ponds worth Tk 46 lakh, in Sujanager upazila fish of 313 ponds worth Tk 31.31 lakh, in Ishwardi Upazila, fish of 298 ponds worth Tk 42 lakh and in pabna Sadar upazila fish of 150 ponds worth Tk 15 lakh were washed away by floodwaters. During a visit to the flood affected areas, this correspondent found that many fish farmers have become pauper after the deluge. Gopal Barman, a hatchery owner of Chatmohar Upazila, Gobinda Halder of Patulipara village in Bhangura Upazila and Abdur Razzak in the same upaziala lamented for the loss they incurred due to flood. They wanted chemical fertiliser in large quantity on subsidy to restart fish cultivation. At least, 2,714 metric tones of urea, 1,334 metric tones of TSP and 275 metric tones of MP fertiliser are needed for fish cultivation in the entire district, official sources informed. But there is no official allocation for fertiliser till now, said the suffers. District fisheries office sources said when fish farmers go to collect fertiliser, they do not get it. On contact, Pabna District fisheris officer JM Anwarul Haque said there is no allocation for fertiliser for fish cultivation in the district till now. 'We have already sent a demand for fertiliser to the higher authorities but they are yet to reply to sanction it,' he said. The district fisheris office has sent a demand for Tk 2.80 crore for post flood rehabilitation of fish farmers, he disclosed to this correspondent. Our Brahmanbaria Correspondent reports: The flood damage has been estimated to be several crores of taka, unofficial sources said. About 3,205 families were affected by the recent flood in different parts of the district. The District Relief and Rehabilitation Office (DRRO) sources said, at least 19,270 people of 48 unions were affected by the deluge which started since August 2. The DRRO office sources said, 17 cattle head died by flood. Because of flood, 939 acres of cropland, 211 houses, 114 kilometre roads, and three educational institutions, two kilometre embankment, seven bridges and culverts were completely damaged. About 7,394 acres of cropland, 1,301 houses and 463 kilometre road were partially damaged. The district administration has started distributing relief, cash money and rice among the flood stricken people here. The district administration has also sent a demand to the higher authorities for allotment of Tk 20 lakh to face the post flood situation, DRRO office sources said.
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