The low lying areas of Chittagong city submerged in knee to waist deep water following a heavy downpour for the last 24 hours, causing immense sufferings to city dwellers.
The Meteorological Office of port city recorded 224 mm rainfall in Chattogram in the last 24 hours.
The heavy downpour -- which began at 3 pm on August 26 continued till filling of this report -- caused massive water-logging in the port city.
Chattagram Education Board (CEB) sources said due to water logging caused by heavy rainfall, the first day`s Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and its equivalent examinations at 29 centres of Chattogram have been delayed by an hour today.
City`s all rivers, canals and drains were full to the brim with floodwater caused by the torrential rainfall coupled with full tide water.
Low-lying areas including Chawkbazar, Bakalia, Sholakbahar, Agrabad, Halisahar, Muradpur, Bohaddarhat, Kapasgola, Parbartak Intersection, KB Aman Ali Road, DC Road, Chandgaon, Sholashahar Gate No. 2, East Nasirabad and Dewanbazar areas were inundated in nearly knee-to-waist-deep water.
Officials of the Chattogram Port Authority said overall operational activities of the country`s prime seaport remained uninterrupted but unloading of bulk-cargoes from the ships was partially hampered during the raining while operational activities in containers handling remained as usual during heavy shower.
Chattogram Shah Amanat International Airport sources said a few flights could not land in the airport while some flights were delayed because of heavy downpours.
Fire Service, Chattogram Metropolitan and district police control room sources said a man and his seven-year-old daughter were killed in a landslide in city`s IW Colony, near Sholosohor Rail Station following overnight heavy downpour on Sunday.
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