The recent flood in eastern, south-eastern and north-eastern Bangladesh heavily damaged the agricultural and fisheries sectors at different places.
Flood-affected people are anxious about their future after losing everything including houses in the flood and many of them still wait for relief.
The death toll in the flood is so far 71.
Roads, other infrastructures, educational institutions and homesteads are severely damaged in the flood.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Feni reported on Thursday that the amount of losses in the district鈥檚 six upazilas鈥� agricultural and fisheries sectors was about Tk聽500 crore in the flood and two lakh farmers were affected.
According to the Feni district agricultural extension department, the losses in agriculture sector in six upazilas 鈥� Sadar, Parshuram, Sonagazi, Phulgazi, Chhagalnaiya and Daganbhuiyan 鈥� amounted at around Tk聽451.2 crore.
In the flood, 30,352 hectares of cropland had been damaged, DAE said.
Parshuram upazila鈥檚 Dakkhin Kaokhali village farmer Md Harun said that the flood in the span of one and half a month destroyed his land.
Abdul Kader, another farmer from Tulatuli bazaar area, said that if the government did not help them, the situation would become critical for all.
Feni district agricultural extension department deputy director Md Ekram Uddin said that the department listed the affected farmers and sent the list to the higher authorities.
Feni district fisheries officer Aminul Islam said that a total of Tk 74.97 crore had been amounted as losses in the sector.
In the six upazilas, especially in Sonagazi 鈥� 18,760 ponds have been affected in the flood, he said and added that they had sent the information of damages to the authorities concerned.
Sonagazi鈥檚 fish businessman and freedom fighter Abdul Motaleb said that many fish farmers were affected like him.
抖阴精品 correspondent in Cumilla reported that the people who have intact houses to return were seen leaving the shelters, while the people who lost everything including houses in flood were in a helpless situation.
Burburiya village residents are the worst affected in the face of erosion in Burichong upazila of Cumilla.
Burburia Dakshinpara shop manager Abdus Salam said that everything in his house 鈥� from the cooking stove to the books and notebooks of his children 鈥� washed away in the flood.
They are deeply concerned about where they would spend the night after the shelter will be closed, he said.
鈥楢round 20 families are still in the shelter,鈥� he said and added that he lost a fish pond and rice fields while he does not know how to manage his family of 12 members.
The village has become isolated due to damaged roads.
Abdus Salam鈥檚 niece Umm Habiba Zim, a Class V student, found some of her books from the rubble of the house which lost usefulness.
Burichong upazila nirbahi officer Sahida Akhtar said the villages that have been hit by Gomti river are the most affected.
In addition, nearly 20,000 houses have been damaged in Burichong upazila out of which 1,700 houses have been completely destroyed, she added.
District relief and disaster management officer Abed Ali said that they were collecting information to help flood-affected people through government and donor agencies.
A rapid assessment by Oxfam in Bangladesh issued on September 3 showed that over 90 per cent of the population in Feni and Noakhali has been severely affected, with nearly all shelters submerged, 48 per cent completely destroyed, and 100 per cent of sanitation and water facilities rendered unusable.
