3 days of heavy rain in Amtali and Taltali due to deep low pressure in Bay of Bengal and storm on Saturday night caused damage to half a hundred houses including thousands of trees. Residents of Amtali and Taltali have been without power for 23 hours due to 30 places of power lines cut by trees. The people of Amtali are suffering because the water supply of Amtali municipality is stopped due to electricity.
It is known that due to the effect of deep depression created in the Bay of Bengal, the life of almost lakhs of people including thousands of laboring people of Amtali and Taltali upazilas has been disrupted due to the heavy rains that started from Thursday morning and continued till Friday morning. Cultivation has stopped due to inundation of Aman fields due to heavy rains. Ripe Iridhan is wasted in the field. Due to the softening of the soil at the base of the trees during the 3 days of rain, thousands of raintree, chambal, banana, mahogany and other species of trees of Amtali and Taltali upazilas have fallen.
Halim, a farmer of the village of Chhakata, said that there is a supply of rice. This rice will be spoiled in the water.
Rabbi, a farmer of Haldia village, said that his seed bed is under water. The seeds have been spoiled twice before. Again, if the seeds are spoiled in Dewoi, I will not be able to plant rice or rice.
On Sunday morning, it was seen that a 60-year-old huge rain tree of the sub-registrar’s office in front of the central Jame Masjid of Amtali city was uprooted by a storm on Sunday night, and a library and a drug store were completely destroyed. The owner of the house. Abu Bakkar said, my house was completely destroyed after a huge raintree tree fell in the storm. The house had 1 pharmacy and 1 library. They have lost about 10 lakh rupees including their house. Many trees behind Amtali Government College and BRDB office in the municipality have also fallen. Electricity supply to Amtali and Taltali upazilas has been stopped for 23 hours due to trees falling on 150-200 wires along with 33 thousand volt grid line in front of Tiakhali Safez Akon Bari of Amtali Sadar Union, 30 places including Arpangashia Bazar and Municipality. Water supply to Amtali municipality has been stopped since Saturday morning due to lack of electricity supply. As a result, at least 25 thousand residents of the city have suffered.
Sanjay Roy, GM of Palli Vidyut Amtali Zonal Office, said that trees were uprooted in 30 places. And 150-200 places have trees on wire. We are trying to ensure power supply as soon as possible.
20 villages have been flooded in Amtali and Taltali upazilas due to 3 days of heavy rain. The villages are Khottar Char, Sakhina, Nindra and Amkhola of Taltali upazila. Haldia, Uttar Taktabunia, Chila, Sonakhali, Gazipur, Kathalia, Harimrityunjay and Kewabunia Haridrabaria, Kalibari, Nachnapara, Tiakhali, Nilgagna, Islampur, Patakata, Ghatkhali etc. of Amtali upazila.
Taltali Upazila Project Implementation Officer. Masum Billah said that 20-25 kacha houses were partially damaged in the upazila with thousands of trees uprooted.
Amtali Upazila Project Implementation Officer Muhammad Jamal Hossain said that thousands of trees in the upazila were reported to be uprooted during the night storm. He also said that about half a hundred raw houses have been damaged.
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