The low-lying areas of Sylhet have been submerged as torrential rainfall for the last three days till Saturday morning caused waterlogging, causing immense suffering to the city dwellers.
Many shops, roads, ground floor of buildings and government establishments including MAG Osmani Medical College and Hospital(OMCH), and Sylhet Railway Station have been submerged due to the swelling of the Surma River water, canals and water bodies amid rains.
Different areas of the city Osmani International Airport, Kajalshah, Shahjalal suburb area, Darga Mohalla, Kalighat, Bagbari, Kanishail, Lamapara, Lala Dighirpar, Masudighirpar, Badambagisa, Shahaparan, Kuarpar, Upashohor, Sobhanighat, Jatarpur, Shibganj, Masimpur, Kamalgarh, Kharpara and Dakkhin Surma, Sylhet Railway Station, were inundated on Saturday morning.
Besides, waist-deep water was seen on Sylhet-Sunamganj and Station Road-Lauai roads, disrupting transport movement.
Meanwhile, the low-lying areas of all upazilas of the district were flooded.
Shah Md Sajeeb Hossain, meteorologist of Sylhet Meteorological Department, said the weather office has recorded 357.8 mm of rainfall in 24 hours till 6am on Saturday while 102 mm of rainfall in three hours from 6am to 9am on Saturday.
Abu Turab, a resident of Shahjalal Uposhohor, said “We are living on the ground floor of a building and the rainwater entered our house on Friday night and most of the residents in the area are experiencing the same problem.”
Muhammad Amzad Hossain, a resident of Dargah Mohalla, said they are struggling a lot as rain water inundated a major portion of the area.
Medical services are being disrupted at Osmani Medical College and Hospital as the ground floor of the hospital was submerged.
Arup Raut, a physician of the hospital, said the ground floor of the hospital, college and dormitories were flooded and the physicians joined their work wading through the knee-deep water.
Farhad Chowdhury Shamim, councillor of the No-6 ward of the city corporation, said the torrential rains have led to waterlogging and overflow of drains in various parts of the city causing huge public suffering.
Nur Azizur Rahman, an engineer of Sylhet City Corporation, said the city dwellers have been experiencing waterlogging due to the heavy rainfall.
He also urged the city dwellers to play a role in keeping the drain clean alongside the city corporation authorities.
He also stressed the need for the dredging of the Surma River to free the city from waterlogging.
