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Bangladesh: Communications with 20 villages snapped as erosion devours road in Jamalpur
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DHAKA, 25 August 2021, (TON): Around 300-metre of the same road was eroded by flood last year
As the water levels of Jamuna and Brahmaputra rivers continue to rise, erosion has started in Jamalpur’s Dewanganj upazila.
Around 200-metre of Dewanganj-Kholabari road in Mandalbazar area of the upazila has been washed away in the last 24 hours till Monday night, cutting off the communication between Dewanganj Sadar and at least 20 villages.
Confirming the matter, Md Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed, chairman of Chikajani Union of the upazila, said they have provided local people boats and light vehicles to cross the 200-metre, where the road has been washed away.
According to the locals “around 300-metre of the same road was eroded by flood last year and potholes were also created in several other parts.”
However, hundreds of vehicles and thousands of people from 20 villages have no alternative, but to use the road, which has potholes at several points.
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