More than 10 lakh people in Sylhet have been marooned, while thousands of others affected, by the worst flooding in the country’s northeast in nearly two decades, with floodwater continuing to plummet new areas of the district, including the metropolis, every hour
As stocks of dry food are drying up fast, and there is little scope to cook food with no access to safe drinking water, most of these people are passing days in misery. A halt in electricity supply and disruptions to mobile networks and internet service have only added to their woes.