Cracks started to develop on the dam around 8:30pm Thursday, and the flood water started to inundate the Bahuka neighbourhood in the Ratankandi Union. The repair work was started the same night, Imam said. The repair work might be completed by the day, said engineer Imam. So the hole started getting bigger.”Construction of the 1,740-meter-long dam started in May this year. Former MP from Sirajganj seat-1 Tanvir Shakil Joy, Sirajganj Deputy Commissioner Kamrun Nahar Siddiqa and other top officials of the BWDB have already visited the area.

Source: bd News24 July 14, 2017 13:29 UTC