Diseases break out as flood water recedes in north [ Tritiyo Matra News ]

Diseases break out as flood water recedes in north

Local July 09, 2017

Diseases have started to break out in northeastern region of the country as the flood water started receding.
This outbreak of mainly water-borne diseases has increased the sufferings of about 2,00,000 people, who have been stranded in water for about three weeks now.
The national health crisis management centre in Dhaka reported about 69 people contacting diarrhoea in Moulvibazar, Sylhet and Sunamganj on Saturday.
The districts faced flooding since late June and major rivers — the Surma and the Kushiyara — in Sylhet division were still flowing above the danger level, even after the water levels in the rivers were on the falling trend since Friday.
Moulvibazar is the worst hit by diseases. As many as 43 of the patients suffering from diarrhoea are from the district.
Our Moulvibazar correspondent counted about 50 patients suffering from severe fever at village Amirpur under Rajnagar on Saturday.
‘I cannot afford to treat three of my daughters suffering from fever for the last three days,’ said Sufia Begum.
Two children in the village died of fever over the weakened.
There are 15 fever patients at village Rokta. Most of the villagers cannot afford to take their loved ones to hospital by hiring a boat.
Although the government announced that medical teams were sent for treating people in the flood-affected districts, the villagers did not see the teams yet.
In the flood-hit northern districts, most of the flood-affected people were living under the open sky.
The government was yet to open any shelter centre in Kurigram, Lalmonirhat, Bogra, Sirajganj and Jamalpur where thousands of people were displaced by flood since Friday.
Our Kurigram correspondent reported that about 50,000 people were hit by flood in the district and the government was yet to come up with an estimate of how many of them required immediate shelter assistance.
The river Teesta flowing just below the danger level triggered a massive erosion along three upazilas in the district. The erosion washed away about a hundred houses already and many others are at risk.
At two points in Rajpur union in Lalmonirhat, the rivers Teesta and the Dharla washed away 350 houses over the last 15 days.
In Sirajganj, the river Jamuna washed away 60 metre of the flood protection embankment at Chouhali between Friday night and Saturday morning, reported our correspondent in the district.
Our Jamalpur correspondent reported that the flood situation deteriorated there with fresh areas in two more upazilas — Sharishabari and Melandah — going under water on Saturday.
Over 40,000 people have been hit by the flood and 1,000 of them have been displaced.
The overall situation of flood deteriorated in the country with the flood forecasters reporting on Saturday that the rivers Barhmaputra, Jamuna, Ganges and Padma are on the rising trend and will continue to rise in the next 24 to 72 hours.
The rivers Jamuna, Surma, Kushiyara and Kangsha were flowing over the danger level at nine points across the country. Of the 90 points monitoring the flood situation, 49 marked rises on Saturday.