Discription of Sundarban-Satkhira

Nine villages were submerged, crops were destroyed, shrimp enclosures washed away and 8,000 people rendered homeless when a section of the flood-protection embankment on the Kobadak in Satkhira near the Sundarbans gave in. Floodwater inundated parts of Munshiganj town. The flood situation int the eastern parts of the capital is expected to deteriorate n a day or two. Inundations of fresh low-lying areas in other central parts of the country are feared. A few thousand marooned people in the flood-affected districts are suffering due to the lack of food, drinking water and fodder for their livestock. In some areas the local administration is conducting relief operations which are inadequate, reports say.  

After a hiatus of a few days, the water levels of all three major rivers-Brahmaputra-Jamuna, the Padma and the Meghna-are expected to increase from today inundating fresh low-lying areas in Munshiganj, Tangail, Manikganj, Shariatpur, madaripur, Faridpur, Rajbari, Narayangonj and some part of Dhaka, the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC) said. In Satkhira, the nine villages were inundated as an embankment was breached in Shyamnagar upazila.

Erosion by the Kabodak devoured a sluice gate and caused the collapse of the 200-foot segment of the embankment. The flooding destroyed around 4,000 homes and affected 15,000 people in the area. Crops on 400 acres of land were submerged and 443 shrimp enclosures in the area were washed away.

Locals said cracks in theembankment developed Tuesday and they had tried to repair it. The flood situation in Bogra deteriorated as an embankment on the Jamuna was breached sending water of the Jamuna into the Bangli river. Our staff correspondent in Bogra, citing local representatives and members of the administration, reported that 335 families lost their homes while 2,500 families were affected. A correspondent in Munshiganj reports: Floodwater marooned people in Ganokpara and Manikpur in the district town. Around 600 families lost their properties by river erosion in Tongibari upazila.

 Erosion by the Jamuna has taken a serious turn in Fulchari upazila of Gaibandha. Several hundred people are still marooned in Gaibandha town while many others took shelter on roads and in educational institutions. Sundarbans.