Landslides: 248 families moved to Khagrachhari shelter centres
Many families took shelter at their relatives’ houses in different areas.
A total of 248 families residing in low-lying and landslide-prone areas of Dighinala upazila in Khagrachhari have been moved to 12 shelter centres following incessant rain and bad weather in the district.
Many families who were evacuated with them from muddy hill areas across 4 of the unions in Dighinala took shelter at their relatives’ houses in different areas.
Dighinala Project Implementation officer Md Kawsar Alam Sarkar said that 122 families were moved to seven shelters in Merong union, 10 families were taken to one shelter at Boalkhali union, 96 families were taken to three shelters in Kolakhali union and 20 families went to one shelter at Babuchhora union.
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Merong Union Parishad chairman Rahman Kabir Ratan said that at least 17 villages of his union have been flooded with torrential rain. They were providing necessary reliefs including food and medicine to the shelter centers.
