Flood deteriorates
Situation in Sylhet, Sunamganj, Netrokona may turn for the worse

Staff Correspondent
Flood has broken all past records in the country’s northeastern region due to the swelling of major rivers caused by continuous rains and onrush of water from Cherrapunji? in India’s Meghalaya. The situation has turned so severe that flight operations at Sylhet Osmani International Airport have been suspended for three days.
Flood victims in Sylhet, Sunamganj and Netrokona claimed that they have not experienced such a disaster in the last 50 years.
The affected people were passing their days amid great misery for lack of food, medicine and shelter though the government has been trying to evacuate them to makeshift shelters and provide them with necessary goods deploying army personnel along with the civil administration.
“The main challenge is to evacuate people and bring them to safety. The army is working alongside the local administration in rescue operations. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked us to take support from the Bangladesh Navy as well,” said Sylhet Divisional Commissioner Muhammad Mosharrof Hossain.
Local volunteers joined government officials to speed up the evacuation process but they could do little as communications remained snapped after roads were inundated. Most of the educational institutions have been declared closed and those have been turned into makeshift flood shelters, and Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and equivalent examinations have been suspended across the country for continuous deterioration of the flood situation. The deteriorating flood situation has forced the authorities to suspend flight operations at the Sylhet airport.