Individuals stroll by a flooded avenue following incessant rains in Feni, a coastal district in southeastern Bangladesh bordering Tripura, Thursday (Aug. 22, 2024). | Photograph credit score: AP
On Thursday, August 22, 2024, Bangladesh’s Senior Adviser Professor Mohammad Yunus met Indian Excessive Commissioner Pranay Verma in a gathering that the Indian aspect described as a “regular go to.” The assembly got here minutes after Professor Yunus met his senior colleagues over the unprecedented flooding in Bangladesh’s jap districts, which his administration has blamed on India for releasing water from neighbouring Tripura with out “early warning.” The assembly was scheduled to happen at 4:30 pm Bangladesh time.
Nahid Islam, an data and broadcasting guide, stated India has behaved inhumanely by releasing water with none prior discover. He stated this throughout a gathering with the media in Dhaka.
The Ministry of Exterior Affairs on Thursday (August 22, 2024) denied reviews that flooding in jap districts of Bangladesh was brought on by the opening of the Dumbur Dam in Tripura.
In current days, western Tripura and elements of Bangladesh have been inundated by rains, which has largely been the reason for flooding in low-lying Bangladesh. The Dumbur Dam, a hydroelectric mission, had been “robotically releasing water” because of the rains, the assertion stated.
The Dumbnur Dam is a hydroelectric mission and is constructed on the Gumti River, which flows by India and Bangladesh.
Heavy rains have continued since August 21 throughout Tripura and adjoining districts of Bangladesh. Incessant monsoon rains and flooding have stranded practically three million individuals in Bangladesh and killed two, submerged huge areas and broken properties and infrastructure, officers from the nation’s Catastrophe Administration Ministry stated on Thursday.