Most of the areas of the port city went under knee-deep water due to heavy early autumn shower augmenting woes of the city-dwellers who have been suffering from the problem of rain-triggered water-logging since early monsoon this year.
Locals said, normal life was disrupted by the shower as people of Chattogram city remained confined to their residences as well as work places from morning to late in the afternoon as rains, which started on Tuesday night and continued till Wednesday morning, left the city, especially its low-lying areas, water-clogged for several hours.
"The sufferings of the people know no bound due to water-logging today (Wednesday) only because of several hours' of raining," said a city-dweller who remained stranded for several hour in a low-lying area that went under from knee-deep to waist-deep water for the downpour.
"The downpour started from last (Tuesday) night and continued till this (Wednesday) morning. The local Met Office forecast more rains for tonight and tomorrow," said an office-bound resident of a city area.
Most of the areas of Chattogram, including the low-lying areas, were inundated today due to the downpour, he said.
Sources said, hundreds of families of the low-lying areas were stranded due to the inundation triggered by rain water from Tuesday night till Wednesday afternoon.
Businesses were heavily disrupted for inundation in the low-lying areas of Chawk Bazar, Chaktai, Bakalia, Nasirabad, Chandgaon, Bahadderhat, Badurtala, Halishahar, Patenga and Kattali.
