Feni officials estimate losses from flood amount to over Tk500cr

Severe flooding in Feni has submerged 70,415 properties, destroying furniture and electrical appliances, in step with local officers.

The flood has prompted an estimated loss of Tk533.59 crore, leaving hundreds displaced and struggling to rebuild their lives.

An estimated 7,350 households were compelled from their properties, searching out for refuge with kinfolk or neighbours, while nearly about 1,000 households stay in authorities-flee shelters. Some flood victims reside below plastic tarps in birth areas, officers acknowledged.

The Ministry of Catastrophe Management and Help reported that 56,065 semi-mud wall properties sustained partial injury. In Feni Sadar Upazila by myself, 255 such properties were entirely washed away, ensuing in losses of Tk10.71 crore. Thousands of properties throughout Phulgazi, Daganbhuiyan, Chhagalnaiya, Parshuram, and Sonagazi Upazilas were also damaged, with additional losses of Tk54.72 crore.

The disaster is even worse for mud properties, where 8,095 were entirely destroyed, in conjunction with 5,070 in Chhagalnaiya and 696 in Feni Sadar. The final injury to those properties is estimated at Tk4.80 crore.

Chhagalnaiya Upazila resident Nazrul Islam acknowledged half of his home collapsed as a result of the steady water currents. He estimates repairs will worth on the least Tk600,000.

“We had no warning, and the water came so instant,” acknowledged Rakib Hossain of North Mirzanager. “Within the center of the evening, we fled our home, leaving the entire lot within the again of.” Hossain acknowledged his motor, refrigerator, and furniture were destroyed, causing him to lose roughly Tk100,000.

The flooding has devastated entire communities. In Parshuram Upazila, around 90% of properties were submerged, affecting nearly about 24,787 households.

District officers sing the authorities has been notified, and again for the affected households is being arranged. “Now we possess got requested those impacted to exercise for help, and after we receive instructions, we can birth rehabilitation efforts,” acknowledged Feni’s Deputy Commissioner Shahina Akhter.

Bigger than 1,000,000 other folks in Feni were stricken by the flood, which has left hundreds displaced and properties devastated throughout the district.