People’s sufferings mount in flood-hit Feni, Cumilla, Khagrachhari, Noakhali, Chattogram, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Brahmanbaria, Sylhet, Lakshmipur, Cox’s Bazar districts and adjoining areas as floodwater recedes slowly there. Flood-affected people claim that adequate relief materials are not reaching remote areas whereas the people currently staying at shelter centres and those, who have houses near roads, have received relief items several times.
Relief materials are not reaching all the affected-areas equally due to a lack of coordination in relief distribution. For this, the flood-affected people sought immediate assistance from the local administration and government, according to media reports.
Therefore, in the flood-stricken remote and inaccessible areas of the country, many victims are still not receiving essential relief supplies despite ongoing efforts by both government and non-governmental organisations. Relief operations, including distribution of dry food, water and medicine, are primarily focused on urban centres, with aid being delivered to flood victims in these areas.
Relief materials are not reaching
all the affected-areas equally due
to a lack of coordination in relief
distribution
However, in most remote and hard-to-reach regions, many people are left without any assistance. A substantial amount of relief is being sent from Dhaka and other places to these affected areas. However, disrupted road communications and a shortage of boats are preventing food and supplies from reaching flood victims stranded in remote areas. Moreover, coordination issues have been observed in overall distribution of relief.
Although relief has reached highways, roads, and urban shelter centres in flood-hit eastern districts like Feni, information from hundreds of villages remains unavailable due to disrupted communication systems. Even with the intention to deliver aid, many areas are still inaccessible. A significant amount of relief arrived in the affected districts. However, volunteers and flood victims have pointed out that transporting relief to the worst-affected villages in Feni has been hindered due to difficult communication conditions.
In the meantime, waterborne diseases are spreading in several areas with diarrhoea outbreaks reported in shelters in Feni and other places. While floodwaters have begun to recede in some areas, others are experiencing rising water levels. Considering the situation, government and non-governmental organisations must deliver relief materials to the remote areas in flood-affected districts.
