The New Nation - Internet Edition

Chitagong Correspondent

Yet another hill slide claimed four lives at a village adjacent to Teknaf town yesterday afternoon in less than 72 hours of similar tragedy that took away 10 lives.

The mishap occurred when a huge chunk of earth from a nearby hill fell on a hut at village Kalyanpara close to local upazila office.

A three-month-old child of the five-member family miraculously survived the disaster which struck at 12.30 pm. The baby was yet to be named by his parents.

Police and district administration confirmed the incident and identified the victims as Nurul Hashim Lalu (30), a day labourer, his wife Madina Khatun (22), daughter Rehana Begum (7), and son Redwan (3).

Earlier, ten people including seven kids were killed and several others suffered wounds in three landslides at Tekhnaf and Ukhia Upazilas in Cox's Bazar on July 3.

Police rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies trapped beneath the collapsed earth and also the baby alive.

Deputy Commissioner of Cox's Bazar Sajjadul Hasan, Superintendent of Police Banaj K Majumder and Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Altaf Hossain Chowdhury visited the spot.

The district administration started evacuating families from the vulnerable hilly areas of Kalyanpara after July 3 tragedy. Many of the residents refused to be relocated as the local administration could not manage them safer rehabilitation. But the law enforcers are stated to be shifting them forcibly to safer places.