Chittagong submerged - Heavy Rainfall 1 Reportedly killed

[Luffy 500]

we should try to help our Bangali brothers! If there is a reputable charity I will definitely donate.

How can we help Bangladesh at this time?

Any reputable donation drives?

Thanks for the concern brothers, I don't think any help is needed at this moment. Landslides are a
common occurrence in CHT and even this corrupt gov should be able to handle this situation.

 

[kobiraaz]

Its just continuous rain, and death was caused by mud slide and wall collapse!! We need no help from anyone!! Howz climate change related to it? This is the season called 'Ashar' rainy season! So its quite natural, Bengalis living with this for ages, as for high death count, luffy already explained it in details

 

[COLDHEARTED AVIATOR]

May the dead Rest In Peace!

 

[Wet Shirt Contest]

Oh yes!. We can spend/commit millions to EU for their economic fall but shouldn't help a neighbor in distress out of calamity.

Thought -De- Brillianto.

The hour of need is essentially food and medical supplies and i wish GoI dispatches ASAP to the needful.

Genius!
We Spend / Invest in EU For our own financial stability not For Charity! EU economic meltdown is NOT good for our Growth.

 

[monitor]

RIP to people... India must help in humanitarian gesture if BD govt asks !!

No thanks situation is not so critical to called international help

 

[manofwar]

What Irony!!!
People in BD are sad about too much rain, while here in Delhi, we are unhappy because of lack of it.............
Nature is indeed a cruel mistress........

 

[Zabaniyah]

Where is the engine of this plane? They removed it while polishing(photoshop) the image??

It's an F-28 operated by Biman. Very old...
Fokker F28 Fellowship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Md Akmal]

Indian water??

No matter what happens blame India and every problem of Bangladesh will be solved.

@ "Indian water??" Are you surprised !!! It may not be applicable to Chittagong region but once flood occurs through out Bangladesh definitely the Indian waters flows towards Bangladesh.

@ It is a fact that in all most all major rivers India has made barrages which originates from their country and follows through Bangladesh and finally falls to Bay of Bengal. Now, in the dry seasons India hardly gives water to Bangladesh but in the rainy season it suddenly opens all the barrage gates as a result Bangladesh is flooded. It happened in most of the past years.

@ About the help, no thanks. That too from India !!!! Oh give me a break !!!!

@ I remember one incident in 1988 about the flood in Bangladesh. At that time 3/4 helicopters came Iraq for relief distribution and it was well conducted. Soon, India also send 2/3 helicopters for relief distribution. Two or three trips were conducted with the guidance of intelligence people. But I tell you it was a real difficult to control them they had a different agenda. Soon silently these Indian helicopters were send back. India could not accomplish her mission.

 

[Alchemy]

From farsighted point of view Bangladesh should follow what the Dutch have done to overcome flooding by Dike construction in coastal areas . That will go a long way in reducing the amount of damage .

Flood control in the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Zabaniyah]

From farsighted point of view Bangladesh should follow what the Dutch have done to overcome flooding by Dike construction in coastal areas . That will go a long way in reducing the amount of damage .

Flood control in the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I agree, but the problem is that the GoB does not take any initiative in them.

 

[TopCat]

From farsighted point of view Bangladesh should follow what the Dutch have done to overcome flooding by Dike construction in coastal areas . That will go a long way in reducing the amount of damage .

Flood control in the Netherlands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We must need natural flood to keep our land above sea level... Its bit complicated to explain here.

 

[Zabaniyah]

Landslide death toll 86

Army personnel and firemen try to recover bodies from the debris of houses at Khulshi Firozshah Colony in Chittagong yesterday. Many died in mudslides Tuesday night in that colony. Inset, families mourn the deaths of loved ones. Photo: Anurup Kanti Das

Death toll in landslide and house collapse due to heavy downpour in Chittagong, Cox's Bazar and Bandarban rose to 86 yesterday.

Of the victims, 36 died in Bandarban, 23 in Chittagong and 27 in Cox's Bazar, officials in the respective districts said.

At least a dozen others died in drowning and lightning in Cox's Bazar and Sylhet over the last two days.

The death toll yesterday jumped from 15 the day before and is feared to mount further, with scores remain missing following multiple landslides in those districts.

Rescue operation was intensified yesterday with army troops joining the salvage efforts by volunteers and fire brigade members.

Heavy monsoon rain battered the southeast region of the country causing several landslides and house collapse in the hill slopes over the last three days.

All domestic and international flight operations to and from Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport were declared suspended at 4:30pm on Tuesday as the runway, like much of the port city, went under rainwater.

Flight operations were supposed to resume at 5:00am today, according to civil aviation authorities.

Train services on the Dhaka-Chittagong route were also cut off as a railway bridge at Bhatiari collapsed around 8:00pm on Tuesday, presumably due to the downpour that began around 3:30am.

Atiqur Rahman, deputy secretary of food and disaster management ministry who is working at the ministry's National Disaster Response Coordination Centre, said information of death continued coming up to the centre.

The center will remain open from 6:00am to 12:00pm every day for the next few days, a press release of the ministry said.

The government on Tuesday allocated Tk 10 million and 1,450 tonnes of rice for the affected people in Chittagong, Bandarban, Cox's Bazaar, Feni, Sylhet, Habiganj and Moulvibazar, among other districts.

In addition, local administrations in Chittagong, Bandarban, Cox's Bazaar, Feni and Sylhet have distributed 172 tonnes of rice and Tk 7 lakh among the victims.

Our Chittagong bureau office reports 18 people, including women and children, died in the port city and three in Banshkhali upazila.

Five members of a family were buried alive after a huge chunk of earth fell on their hillside home at the city's Biswa Colony on Tuesday, said Abdul Latif, officer-in-charge of Khulshi Police Station.

In the city's Motka Ghona area two sisters aged seven and eight died in a landslide on Tuesday evening.

Five people, including two two-year-old girls, were killed at Yasin Colony under Khulshi Police Station.

Twenty four members of Bangladesh Army were conducting rescue operation in the area.

Captain Gazi Mohammad Maksud-ur-Rahim, who led the operation, told The Daily Star they recovered three bodies from 7 to 8 feet under earth.

Three young members of a family were buried under mad on Tuesday night at Banshkhali upazila in Chittagong. The victims are Shahidul Islam, 12, Khorsheda Begum, 8 and Fatema Begum, 4.

In a wall collapse, 15-year-old schoolgirl Kawser Ani died at Chikandandi union under Hathazari upazila.

The incident happened when a roadside demarcation wall fell on her amid ceaseless rain while she was passing through around 6.00pm, said Mohammad Idris, a member of the Chikandandi union.

Eight-year-old Abul Hossain of Ambagan area also died in a wall collapse on Tuesday night.

Four members of a family were buried alive at Andharmanik area under Khulshi in another incident of landslide on Tuesday night. The dead are Jahanara Begum, 40, and her three children Subarna Akter, 19, Rabeya Akter, 13, and Tanvir Ahmed, 9.

Meanwhile, city life started to return to normal yesterday as water receded in most of the city areas.

Power supply which was disrupted Tuesday was also restored in many areas yesterday.

However, loading and unloading of cargos at the outer anchorage of Chittagong Port still remained suspended due to bad weather, said Sayed Farhad Uddin, secretary of Chittagong Port Authority.

In Cox's Bazar, 10 bodies were recovered from Ukhiya, eight from Chakaria, seven from Ramu, five from Moheskhali, three each from Cox's Bazar sadar and Pekua and two from Kutubdia, said Abdul Mozid, district relief and rehabilitation officer.

He said 24 of them died in landslide, three in house collapse, and five in lightening while six people drowned, he added.

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=240072

 

[PlanetSoldier]

How can we help Bangladesh at this time?

Any reputable donation drives?

Govt. hasn't declared it emergency state and sought intl. help yet, let's see...almost 100 died mostly because of reckless style of living.

 

[livingdead]

Its not the climate change its the climate of Bangladesh.

The other day one TV guy was talking that how climate has changed as we did not have floods like 1988 anymore in almost 2 decades. LOL

Could it be due to flood control mechanisms of big dams?

 

[PlanetSoldier]

Praying for safety of every one I am anxiously waiting for some donation way.........

It's actually not a flood by its nature rather happened from heavy downpour and water already started to go down. Hope, people will be resettled to their places soon. So, donation will not be required I think. Anyway, thanks all for showing the generosity of standing aside us .