The death toll in the flood jumped to 52 as 21 more deaths were reported on Thursday in the affected districts, as per the disaster management and relief ministry.
The number of death was 31 on Wednesday and 27 on Tuesday.
In the flood, more than 7,500 kilometres of highways and roads were damaged across the country, as per the ministries of local government, rural development and co-operatives and road transport and bridges.
In Cumilla 65,000 hectares of cropland had been flooded and fish worth about Tk聽40 crore had been washed away in flood so far.
On Thursday the number of overall flood-affected people, however, decreased by 3.42 lakh to 54.8 lakh, compared with the day before, in 11 districts.
Due to the flash flood in the east, south-eastern and north-eastern districts, people caught cold and fever, lacking basic hygiene and did not have access to medical attention in most of the places.
The Department of Disaster Management鈥檚 daily flood situation report showed that on Thursday the number of people stranded also decreased to 10.72 lakh from 12.27 lakh on Wednesday.
Of the deaths, Feni recorded the highest 17 deaths, Cumilla recorded 14 deaths, Noakhali eight deaths, Chattogram six deaths, Cox鈥檚 Bazar three deaths, and Khagrachhari, Brahmanbaria, Lakshmipur and Moulvibazar one death each. One remained missing in Moulvibazar.
According to a press release of the local government ministry issued on Thursday, 7,722 kilometres of roads and 1,101 bridges and culverts built by the Local Government and Engineering Department were damaged primarily due to heavy rainfall and flash flood.
Till now the department had repaired 51 kilometres roads and 96 bridges and culverts.
A report issued by the Roads and Highways Department read that at least 157 highways and roads under the department鈥檚 13 divisions had been damaged in the flood till August 28.
Out of total 773.45km damaged roads, 107.05km were national highways, 123.74km were regional highways and 542.66km were district roads.
Twenty-two roads remained off-limit to vehicular movement while 19 were under water till Wednesday.
Three culverts and different parts of different roads washed away during flood.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Cumilla reported that of the 17 upazilas in the district, 14 remained flooded on the day.
Around 14 lakh people were living in water in Burichang, Debidwar, Chauddagram, Laksam, Manoharganj, Nangalkot and Barura upazilas in the district.
Cumilla district relief and rehabilitation officer Mohammad Abed Ali said that around 80,000 people have taken shelter in 724 shelters across the district.
Ayub Mahmud, deputy director of Cumilla District Agriculture Extension Department, said that 65,000 hectares of cropland had been flooded in the district so far.
Cumilla district fisheries officer Belal Ahmed said that fish worth about Tk聽40 crore have been washed away in flood-affected areas across the district so far.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Noakhali reported that flood water was kept decreasing in the district on Thursday as there was no rain since Wednesday.
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha reported that though flood situations in the five upazilas of Lakshmipur district were improving as flood water started to recede, still seven lakh people in the district remained stranded.
As many as 39,572 people have got shelter in shelter centres, said DEPUTY COMMISSIONER Suraiya Jahan.
Waterborne diseases were seen among the flood-affected people in Lakshmipur.
As per the Department of Disaster Management, so far Tk聽4.52 crore was distributed in cash help to the flood-affected people.
The government also distributed 20,650 tonnes of rice, 15,000 packets of dry food, and Tk聽70 lakh equally distributed for baby food and fodder.
The Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre predicted that the flashy rivers would continue to drop.
In the 24 hours till 6:00pm on Thursday, Bangladesh鈥檚 highest rainfall of 58mm was recorded in Maizdi Court in Noakhali.
