CHATTOGRAM, Aug 2, 2024 (BSS) - Chattogram District Administration today
issued warnings about possible landslides at nine risky hill areas in the
port city due to heavy rainfall since Monday night.

The inhabitants of Debpahar, Tigerpass, Battali Hill and Miar Pahar have been
asked to evacuate their houses in the wake of incessant rainfall.

The authority also opens shelter centers in different area in the city for
the people who have been reside risky hill pockets illegally.

The district administration came up with the move in order to avert possible
loss of lives from landslides in the monsoon as the soil on the hills becomes
softer and may trigger a landslide, posing threat to the lives of the poor
people dwelling on those risky hills pockets.

Besides,some employees of CCC directed by its Mayor Reazaul Karim Chowdhury
have been campaigning to vacate the areas in the advent of the monsoon.