Shawdesh Desk:

Bangladesh government on Tuesday deployed army to tackle the flood and landslide situations in the affected areas of Chattogram and Bandarban.

At least five people were reportedly killed till Monday as days of heavy rain, in Bangladesh and its upstream countries, India and Myanmar, triggered sporadic landslides and flash floods in the hilly part of Chattogram and Bandarban, damaging hundreds of houses, and washing away flood protection embankments and fish enclosures.

Major rivers in the hill basin flowed far above their danger levels—up to 3 metres—as the rain continued without break amid an onrush of water from the upstream, leaving many areas, including in cities and towns, submerged in Chattogram, Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, and Feni.

Our correspondent in Chattogram reported that a trader, Shahed Hossain, 38, went missing after falling from a boat in Urkir Char area of Raojan upazila on Monday evening.

Traffic movement on Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway was snapped on Tuesday as the road in Keranihat and Kasaipara areas of Satkania upazila went under water.

Onrush of water from the upstream in Bandarban increased the water level of the River Sangu and Dalu Khal in Satkania upazila. Most of the areas in Satkania, Lohagara, Chandanaish, Patia, Anowara and Bashkhali upazilas were inundated.

Electricity supplies in Dohazari, Satkania and Lohagara upazilas remained shut since Monday afternoon as substations in the upazilas went under water, said Chattogram PDB engineer Md Rezaul Karim.