The water logging in Dhaka city is so severe that even till Friday afternoon water had not receded from many areas. New Market Traders Association president Dewan Aminul Islam angrily told Prothom Alo, “Incidents of waterlogging may occur. But the water will not go down even after 12 to 14 hours, what is this situation? Those who are responsible for this failure must be punished.”
Pictures taken by Prothom Alo photographers showed areas including Old Dhaka, New Market, Azimpur, Dhanmondi and Mirpur completely submerged. Meanwhile, the video of flood-hit Bangladesh University of Engineering (BUET) went viral on social media.
How could one night’s rain create such a situation? When it comes to waterlogging in Chattogram, along with rain, cyclones and destruction of hills are also said to be the reasons behind it. However there is no sea around Dhaka. Even after that, the reason for Dhaka being submerged is the inability to drain the rain water.
Influential people have swallowed the canals of Dhaka. At the same time, the surrounding rivers including Buriganga have been pushed towards a fatal situation through encroachment and pollution.