Rain coupled with water-logging had been causing immense sufferings to people in different districts across the country since Thursday.
It also caused flash flood in places and damage to crops, including Aman paddy and vegetables. Besides, rain disrupted road and river communications. Bangladesh Meteorological Department, however, asked maritime ports of Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar and Mongla to hoist local cautionary signal number three and advised all fishing boats and trawlers over North Bay to come close to the coast and proceed with caution until further notice.
Our correspondent in Barisal reported that light rain accompanied by gusty wind with 15-20km per hour since Friday night to Saturday disrupted life in Barisal city.
Barisal Met Office sources said that 59mm rainfall was recorded here in nine hours from 6:00am on Saturday.
Low-lying areas near river and canal banks went under water due to flash flood, causing sufferings to city dwellers. Many people stayed indoors because of inclement weather.
Cashing in on shortage of transports, drivers were overcharging passengers, local people said.
Attendance in educational institutions was very thin while makeshift shops and hawker markets remained closed almost all day on Saturday.
Transport operators said that road communications with Kuakata was often disrupted as ferry gangways went under water while plying of vehicles at several points on Barisal-Dhaka highway became risky due to drizzle.
Our correspondent in Pirojpur reported that due to incessant rain from Friday late night to Saturday evening, most of the shops remained closed in the town.
For shortage of vehicles, including rickshaws, schoolchildren had to face troubles to reach their institutions.
Vegetable growers fear that they would incur losses if rain water remains on the field for long.
Incessant rain since Friday night had triggered water-logging in Khulna city, causing traffic congestion.
Khulna mayor Moniruzzaman Moni said that they were trying to remove water from city roads and planning to launch drive against canal encroachers for resolving water-logging problem.
Drizzling since Thursday forced many city dwellers in Dhaka to stay indoors while big potholes in the middle of different roads turned into death traps as they went under rain water.
Abdur Rahman, a meteorologist at Dhaka Met Office, told New Age on Saturday that squally wind might affect North Bay, adjoining coastal areas and the maritime ports due to deep convection.
-With New Age input
