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June
14, 2000
Sylhet,
June 13 (UNB) – A mother and her three children were buried alive in
landslide on their mud-house amid rain at Ranokeli Dakkhin village in
Golapganj upazila early today.
Majia
Begum, 28, her son Juned, 11, daughters Ruli, 7, and Ruma, 3, died
instantly when the tragedy struck the poor family at about 2am while
all were asleep.
Majia’s
husband, Habib Ali, was injured as mud and water deluged their
hillside home.
Meanwhile,
some 3 lakh inhabitants of Goainghat, Companiganj, Jaintapur and
Jakiganj upazilas have been marooned amid incessant rain coupled with
onrush of hill waters in the last few days.
Croplands
of some 70,000 hectares have also been submerged in the flash floods.
Some
50,000 day-labourers have become jobless as stone collection from the
quarries stopped due to inclement weather.
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