Funds meant for flood defences were stolen, farmers and other local residents alleged at a press conference in Dhaka on Sunday. Boro rice fields have been damaged in flash floods that submerged the majority of wetlands in Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Kishoreganj, Netrokona and Brahmanbaria. “Sunamganj as a district received Tk 590 million, which means there was no shortage of funds,” said Jabbar. “The irregularities in building embankments have turned public sentiments against the Water Development Board,” Mannan told reporters in Sunamganj. The damage caused in Netrokona and Kishoreganj amounts to about Tk 20.5 billion.

Source: bd News24 April 09, 2017 16:41 UTC