Flood-affected families who are surviving mostly on non-governmental support claim the country’s humanitarian attention has been diverted to the Rohingya crisis, leaving them in a miserable state. But many of the flood victims have alleged that government relief work was stopped by the onset of the Rohingya crisis in late August. “But the initiatives were interrupted due to the Rohingya crisis which has become more important than the flood victims,” she said. “Despite the flood victims’ miserable conditions, it has lost its importance and media attention (as) the government and international donors are more concerned about the Rohingya.” he said. “The government has taken sufficient steps to ease the flood victims’ sufferings while relief work is still underway according to necessity,” the Director General (DG) Md Reaz Ahmed told the Dhaka Tribune.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 24, 2017 19:41 UTC