Bangladesh: Flood damages 552 kilometres of roads, eight bridges in Sunamganj

DHAKA, 31 May 2022, (TON): Officials at Local Government and Engineering Department said “a total of 552 kilometres of road and eight bridges and culverts have been damaged during the recent flash flood in parts of Sunamganj district.”

According to the LGED office, of the damaged roads 500 km is under LGED while the rest 52 km is under Roads and Highways Department.

A rubber dam and a number of embankments were also damaged during the flood.

Md Mahbub Alam, executive magistrate of LGED, Sunamganj, said “the government incurred a loss of Tk 150 crore for damages to LGED roads.”

He said “the estimate of the damage may be higher.”

 

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