DHAKA, Sept 4 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, experienced heavy rainfall yesterday, resulting in extensive water-logging in parts of the city.
Although the rain has ceased, roads, lanes and bylanes in parts of Dhaka went under ankle to knee-deep water, causing traffic congestion and immense hardship to commuters and millions of dwellers.
Dhaka experienced a combination of overcast skies, sweltering heat and sporadic rainfall for several days.
The country’s meteorological office said, the heavy rainfall started yesterday, as the monsoon became “extremely active” over the North Bay of Bengal.
Omar Faruq, a meteorologist of the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD), told journalists yesterday that, they had recorded 80 mm rainfall in Dhaka in the last three hours, till 9:00 a.m. local time yesterday.
Because of the serious water-logging problem, activities in the country’s business district of Motijheel have been severely affected, with many office-goers, traders and workers falling behind their daily schedules.
As always, rickshaws emerged as a means of relief in many water-logged Dhaka areas.
According to the BMD’s weather bulletin, parts of Bangladesh, including Rangpur and the Dhaka region, may experience light to moderate rainfall with gusty winds in the next 24 hours from 9:00 a.m. local time yesterday.
According to the daily disaster situation report, by the country’s National Disaster Response Coordination Centre yesterday, floods in parts of Bangladesh have left 71 people dead, affected nearly six million people and displaced hundreds of thousands of families.– NNN-BSS
