Moulvibazar Correspondent

Kulaura upazila of Moulvibazar has suffered extensive damage due to ongoing floods. The Kulaura municipality has suffered extensive damage to roads, houses and drains due to prolonged floods. In this flood, 18 km road and 12 km of Kulaura municipality Drains, 1000 houses, 18 culverts, 10 educational institutions, 2 raw markets, many mosques, various cattle farms, ponds, various offices, the damage amount is around 50 crore Tk.

It will be said by the mayor of the municipality Principal Sipar Uddin Ahmad. He gave this information in a press conference on the ongoing flood situation in the hall of the municipality on Sunday, July 7. Municipal Secretary Sharadindu Roy, Municipal Councilor Md Lukman Ali, Saifur Rashid Suman, Zahirul Islam Khan, Ataur Rahman Chowdhury Suhel and Sultana Begum Laili were present at the press conference.

In a written speech at the press conference, Municipal Mayor Principal Sipar Uddin Ahmed said that since June 17, most of the areas of Kulaura Upazila were flooded. Similarly, a large part of Kulaura municipality was inundated with flood water. Immediately, 2 shelters were opened at Rabeya Adarsho Government Primary School and Yakub Tajul Women's Degree College. Later at Sea-Bird KG School and BH Government Primary School2 shelters are opened.

In those 4 shelters, 400 flood affected people from 119 families have taken shelter. 10,000 people of other 2,500 families were stranded without shelter. For 21 consecutive days, people are living an inhumane life in their houses and in various shelters in water-locked conditions. Lack of clean food, water, can't cook, can't use toilet. Ward No. 1 of Kulaura Municipality in floods.

Complete, part of Ward No. 2, most areas of Ward No. 3, partial areas of Ward No. 4, 5 and 6 were flooded. Roads, houses, drains, culverts, educational institutions, mosques, madrassas, cattle farms in 9 wards of the municipality have been damaged due to floods and heavy rains. In such a situation, the biggest problem is to provide food aid to the people who have been stuck in water for a long time. As time goes by, this crisis is becoming more pronounced.

Doing Provision of food aid to shelters and homes of waterlogged people is ongoing from government food aid and municipal own funds. People have been stuck in water for almost 3 weeks but the current situation is expected to last longer.

Municipal Mayor said that in the past, floods or inundation did not last so long in Kulaura, especially in municipal areas. We noticed, Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet.

Ever since the construction of a dam at a place called Burikiari (Pitaitikor), the floods have been prolonged every year. Because of this dam, hundreds of villages of Kulaura, Juri and Baralekha upazilas on the banks of Hakaluki Haor have to suffer from floods every year. It causes great loss of human life and property.

In this situation, food assistance should be increased again for the flood affected people in the ongoing flood situation. Flood damaged roads, Houses, culverts and other infrastructure have to be repaired and rebuilt. He called upon all concerned to take permanent action to remove the dam in Fenchuganj's Burikiari to remove the dam in Burikiari, Sylhet Divisional Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Moulvibazar.

Municipal Mayor Principal Sipar Uddin Ahmed said that the existing damaged roads, drains, culverts and other facilities will be re-established by settling the establishment costs of the low-income municipalities.

Repairs are beyond the capacity of the municipality. He said that it would be very difficult to work without a grant from the Government's Development Assistance Fund to compensate such a huge amount.