Declare 100 Jessore villages as disaster area : Hasina

Hasina, also Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, expressed concern and resentment over the ongoing misery of the people of 100 villages wrought by waterlogging in 27 beels (waterbodies).

She said the BNP-Jamaat coalition government did not pay any attention to the problem, though the people of 100 villages under Abhaynagar, Manirampur and Keshabpur upazilas have been suffering badly due to waterlogging.

Moreover, the government remains indifferent to the projects, taken during the period of the previous Awami League government, she said.

Hasina urged the government to take necessary steps to provide relief to the affected people declaring the 100 villages as 'disaster area'.