A moderate rain for a couple of hours and much of the capital goes under ankle to knee-deep water. Why?

The embankment area known as Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra (DND) has trapped rainwater inside what was supposed to be flood-free zones.

For two months of rainy season every year, life comes to a standstill for thousands of people living in the Dhaka-Narayanganj-Demra dam area due to waterlogging. People here either remain confined to their homes –or are forced to leave their homes temporarily to stay at their relatives’ homes far away where life is normal.