Satkania, Lohagara and Chandanaish upazilas have been without power for three days. The residents there faced many problems, including a shortage of clean water. However, since
Wednesday night, the water in these areas has started receding and power has started return- ing in some places. Dilip Chandra Chowdhury, senior manager of Chittagong Palli Bidyut Samity 1, on Friday said: So far electricity con- nection has been restored in all the upazilas of the south except Satkania. Work is also under- way in Satkania and we hope to restore elec-
tricity there soon. According to district admin- istration sources, 635,000 people have been marooned in the district and 6,753 people have been taken to shelter homes. According to the Patenga Met office, Chittagong saw 664mm of rainfall in the last seven days. Of these, 42.8mm of rainfall was record- ed on August 4, 64.2mm on August 5, 231.5mm on August 6 and 216.4mm on August 7. In Bandarban, the major rivers, including Sangu and Matamuhuri, were flowing below the danger level on Friday. People have started leaving shelters to return to their damaged homes. Power supply was partially restored in the city on Thursday afternoon and was expected to be normal in other areas by last night. Road communication between Bandarban Sadar upazila and the rest of the country was restored on Friday, after five days of disruption due to flash floods and landslides. At least 14 people were killed in the recent floods and landslides reported in Bandarban and Rangamati as of Thursday. In Cox’s Bazar’s Ukhiya and Pekua upazilas, people are strug- gling with their
affected homes. Drinkable water shortage is adding to their woes. In Rangamati, the scarcity of potable water deepened. Crops on hundreds of hectares of land and fish of hundreds of ponds have been washed.
