Published: 10:18 AM, 09 July 2026
Mymensingh residents suffer due to waterlogging
The continuous heavy rain has caused severe waterlogging in various roads and low-lying areas of Mymensingh city.
As many parts of the main roads, alleys and residential areas were submerged under water, hospital-going patients, office-going people, students, HSC examinees, businessmen and ordinary pedestrians suffered greatly.
On Wednesday morning, an eight-month-old baby boy Aryan drowned in rainwater accumulated inside his house in Brahmapally of the city. Meanwhile, the government district school has announced the closure of examinations in the educational institution as it was submerged in water due to heavy rain.
Anwar Hossain, in-charge of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) of the Meteorological Department, said, "About 174 millimeters of rainfall was recorded in the district in eight and a half hours from 12:30 pm to 9 am. This is the highest rainfall in Mymensingh district this year. Due to the continuous rain, knee-deep water accumulated in various areas including the district school, Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Polytechnic Institute, Sankipara, Akua, Golkibari, Balashpur, Charpara, Khagdahar, Ganginarpar, Natun Bazar, Bavryapally, Maskanda More, Kewatkhali, etc. Many residential houses have been flooded, causing more suffering."
In many places, drains have overflowed and dirty water has come up on the roads, making movement more risky. In particular, HSC candidates and school students have suffered more.
Apu Chowdhury, a charming businessman on District School Road, said that similar rains have caused waterlogging in these areas in the past, and this time it has happened again.
He said that due to unplanned drainage system, encroachment of canals, not cleaning drains regularly and ongoing development work, water is not being drained quickly. Even with a little heavy rain, various areas of the city are getting waterlogged, which increases the suffering of the city dwellers every monsoon season.
Hamida Akhter of Health Officer's Lane said, "As the drains are not clean, water has entered the house and soaked the furniture. We suffer greatly at this time every year. This is our situation even after paying taxes regularly."
Abul Bashar of Jamalpur suffered after bringing a patient to the hospital due to waterlogging in the Charpara intersection area.
He said, it took more than an hour to reach the hospital by ambulance due to knee-deep water on the road. Many people like me have suffered due to water rising in the hospital too.
Imtiaz Ahmed, president of Rupantar Sangskriti Sangha, said, "In many places in the city, water flow is being obstructed due to electricity poles in the middle of the drains. Even with a little rain, water rises in people's homes, causing suffering."
Yazdani Quareshi Kajal, President of the Mymensingh District Committee for Citizens for Good Governance (Sujon - Shushashoner Jonno Nagorik), said, "Planned drainage excavation has become essential to resolve waterlogging. The way drainage is being done now is being done just for the sake of it. It will not actually benefit the city residents."
It has been learned that under the Road Development and Drainage Network and Citizen Service Assurance Project, construction of 322 kilometers of drains has started in the city at a cost of Tk 629 crore in the five fiscal years from 2021 to 2025. However, even after the scheduled time, only 55 percent of the work has been completed.
City Corporation Administrator Md Rukunuzzaman Rokon said, "Waterlogging has occurred in the city due to heavy rains; water is receding rapidly.
I have been going to different areas since morning. Basically, water is accumulating in the alleys. The reason for this is that the owners of multi-storey buildings have created this situation by unplanned dumping of garbage into the drains. We are continuing to work to resolve it with the cooperation of the public.
>>Indrajit Sarkar, AA
