The Daily Star, 9 September 2009
Over 25,000 people of Satkhira town have become marooned as ceaseless rain over the last couple of days inundated different areas of the town.
With knee-deep water inside their houses, the affected people are suffering greatly while at least ten roads of the town have gone under three feet to four feet water.
As the rainwater cannot recede due to lack of proper drainage system, most of the areas in the district town see waterlogging, making life of the residents, especially in the low-lying areas, miserable.
Children catching fish on flooded Rasulpur-Bakchara road in Satkhira town that saw serious waterlogging due to the recent downpour, below, rainwater enters shops at Palashpole. Photo: STAR
The problem has become a regular affair during the rains but the authorities concerned have not yet taken any measure to solve it, said several townspeople.
Most of the houses in Kamalnagar, Raispur, Rasulpur, Mehedibagh, Palashpole, Madhu Mallardangi, Sultanpur, Rothkhola, Katia Sarkarpara, Masterpara, Daulatpur, Kamal Nagar, Itagachha, Baddipur and Chaltetala areas are inundated.
Rasulpur-Bakchara intersection road, Rasulpur High School road, Palashpole-Court road, Rathkhola-College road, Sultanpur road, Raispur road, Daulatpur road, Madhu Mallardangi road, Kamal Nagar road, Court road, Ghoshpara road and Baddipur road are now under water.
People including children are seen catching fish in roads at Rasulpur, Rathkhola, Raispur and Daulatpur in the town.
On contact, Satkhira pourasava Chairman Sheikh Ashraful Haque said, “We have taken a plan to solve the problem but it could not be implemented due to fund constraints. We have submitted a project to the authorities concerned and we are hopeful of solving the water logging problem in the town areas very soon.”
Perennial waterlogging problem poses a serious threat to livelihood and environment on a vast swath of land in Satkhira district.
