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24 February 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Correspondent, Pabna

Crops on about 50 acres of land washed away following collapse of a Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) embankment at Sondaha point in Bera upazila yesterday morning, officials said. Crack in dam due to invasion of rats might be the reason of its collapse, said BWDB Sub-Divisional engineer Md Nurul Akter. BWDB has taken initiatives to repair the dam on urgent basis, he said. BWDB workers are working round the clock for resumption of supply of water to the irrigation project, he added. However, locals claimed that fault in construction of the dam might be the reason of its collapse.