At least 13 unions and one municipality in Sunamganj’s Chatak upazila have been inundated by floodwater as of Wednesday, leaving around two lakh people stranded.

Several hundred houses, more than 200 educational institutions and at least 100 fish enclosures went under water in recent days. 

Various parts of Gobindaganj-Chhatak highway has been inundated too. 

The Surma, The Chela and The Piyain rivers continue to swell due to heavy showers and onrush of water from the upstream. 

Road communication between Chhatak  and other parts of the country has been snapped to the recent flooding. 

Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) of Chhatak upazila Mamunur Rahman, more than one hundred people have taken shelter government shelter centers. 

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Berajpur, Noapara, Alampur, Bilpar, Dashghar, Krishnanagar, Anondonagar, Bagain, Lakshmipur, Gabindanagar and Mohonpur areas of the upazila are the worst affected areas.

Berajpur Government Primary School Headmaster Manik Mia said that floodwater has destroyed important documents of his school. 

“We’ve used a boat to shift the documents from the ground floor of the school to another floor,” said Manik.

According to information provided by the Water Development Board (WDB) of the district, water of the Surma river at Chhatak point was flowing above the danger mark Wednesday noon. 

“A total of four schools have been declared as shelters. The upazila administration is providing dry food to the people living in the shelters,” said Mamunur.