The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Bagerhat

About 40,000 people in four unions of Sharankhola upazila beside the Baleswar river embankment are passing their days in great uncertainty.

Several portions of the 20-km embankment on the river were washed away by tidal waves during the cyclone Sidr that left a trail of destruction at different villages in Sharankhola upazila. It is apprehended that 21 villages on the riverbank in the four unions might be inundated again if the tidal wave more than normal level hit the embankment.

Executive engineer of district Water Development Board Mohammad Abdur Razzak said some 66 kms of embankments were damaged by the recent devastating cyclone.

He said a letter has been sent to the higher authorities seeking necessary funds for reconstruction and renovation of these embankments.