Ten villages in Barguna district have been flooded following collapse of Majherchar embankment in Bishkhali river for torrential rain in the last couple of days influenced by low in the Bay of Bengal.
Several thousand people have been marooned as water entered Barguna town and adjacent Patharghata Padma, Badarkhali, Majherchar, Gulishakhali, Patakata, Fuljhuri Bazar police camps, health clinics, launch ghats, ferry ghat and kheyaghat areas.
More than 50 fish enclosures, betel nut field and aman paddy field were submerged by water.
Around 3-km area of the embankment collapsed into the river due to water pressure, said locals.
Locals demanded immediate renovation of the embankment.
Meanwhile, UP Chairman Sharif Ilias Ahmed Swapan visited the affected areas, reports UNB.