The devastating floods that left over 50 lakh people stranded in eleven districts of the country, have led to a severe crisis of drinkable water.

Flood waters have completely submerged Feni, Cumilla, Chattogram, Khagrachari, Noakhali, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Brahmanbaria, Sylhet, Laxmipur and Cox’s Bazar districts, causing drinking water to mix with dirty and sewage water.

Visiting Feni's Katalia area, UNB noticed that most of the people are struggling with various issues but lack of clean, drinkable water is number one.

Members of Bangladesh Air Force and Army were seen distributing relief materials in various areas in Feni.

Although various volunteers’ organizations are coming with flood materials, they are struggling to reach the right destination as they are not familiar with roads and other things.

Talking to UNB, an elderly man from Feni's Lal Pol area said that the situation is very bad and he went to visit his daughter and grandchildren without finding any trace of clean water for 3 days. “The main problem is finding drinking water,” he added.

Fatema Akter Jhorna, a 48-year-old widow in Enayetnagar area under Yakubpur union of Daganbhuiyan upazila in Feni, told UNB that she has never seen such a flood in her entire life.

“Our entire house was badly flooded forcing us to take shelter at a neighbour’s house to save life,” she said, adding that she along with family members has now been staying at her father’s house in Noakhali’s Senbagh which is now also being affected by the flood.

“Though we could survive, most of our valuables washed away with the high tide of the flood,” Jhorna, whose husband died a few years back, repented.

She urged the government and solvent of the society to come forward to address the unprecedented flood in her living memory.

At least 10 lakh families have been stranded in 73 upazilas under 11 flood-hit districts till Sunday afternoon, according to the Disaster Management and Relief Ministry.

However, no new deaths were reported till 3 pm today. Two people remained missing in Moulvibazar.

So far, 18 people have died and at least 52,09,798 affected as floods wreaked havoc in the eleven districts. The districts are Feni, Cumilla, Chattogram, Khagrachari, Noakhali, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Brahmanbaria, Sylhet, Laxmipur and Cox’s Bazar.