Army, Navy deployed to help flood victims in Sylhet

Members of the Bangladesh Army, Navy and other law enforcement agencies were deployed to help the flood-hit people in Sylhet district and its adjoining areas on Friday.

A number of army personnel were deployed in Sylhet to tackle the worsening situation, said Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Friday.

The deployment comes following a request from the civil administration, according to the ISPR.

Apart from the Army, members of the Bangladesh Navy and other law enforcement agencies have also lent their hands to accelerate the rescue operations, Anwar Sadat, additional deputy commissioner (general), told the Business Insider Bangladesh.

“We are now busy conducting rescue operations and providing relief material to the flood victims,” said the government official.

The heavy flood has left lakhs of people marooned in Sylhet and Sunamganj and roads, houses, educational institutions, government, semi-government and non-government offices and crops and farmland inundated in Gowainghat, Kanaighat, Companiganj, Jaintiapur, Sylhet Sadar upazila areas and many parts of the Sylhet metropolitan city due to the floodwater.