Today, Jamaat Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman inaugurated the houses and handed over the keys to the flood victims in the Feni district. Photo: BSS

FENI, Feb 3, 2025 (BSS) – Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami has gifted houses to three flood victims, including Hindu community member Mitul Chandra Das, in the Sultanpur area of the Sadar Municipality here. 

Jamaat Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman today inaugurated the houses and handed over the keys to the flood victims and distributed chocolates among the children. Other two house recipients are Manwara Begum and Md Manik.

The unprecedented and devastating floods, triggered by onrush of water coming from upstream, washed away houses of many people in Feni leaving them homeless in the last August.

Jamaat’s central Assistant Secretary General Abu Taher Mohammad Masum, Dhaka City North Jamaat Assistant Secretary Dr Fakhruddin Manik, Feni District Jamaat Ameer Mufti Abdul Hannan, Cumilla District Jamaat Ameer Kazi Deen Mohammad and Central Majlishe Shura members Professor Liaqat Ali Bhuiyan and Advocate SM Kamal Uddin were present on the occasion, among others.

Feni Municipality’s no-6 Ward Unit Ameer of Jamaat M Mamunur Rashid said Mitul, Manwara and Manik were living on others’ houses since the flood damaged their houses as they could not afford to build a new house after meeting their daily needs.

Jamaat built three houses on their lands at a total cost of Taka 5 lakh, he added.

Talking to BSS, Mitul Chandra Das said he was very happy to get a new house. 

He said the devastating flood had damaged his house, making him a refugee temporarily. But he could not build a new house after meeting his family needs with the meager income by working at a hardware shop. 

Noting that this house from Jamaat has benefited him a lot, he said Jamaat Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman also provided him cash assistance.

Feni District Jamaat Ameer Mufti Abdul Hannan said the Indian people cut 900 feet of the Bollamukhar dam at the zero line near Parshuram in Feni while the released water from the upstream created an unprecedented flood in the country’s southeastern districts including Feni.

He said Jamaat Ameer Shafiqur Rahman today visited the dam to protest the Indian acts internationally and get remedy to this end. Later, the Jamaat Ameer addressed a street rally at Parshuram Municipality in the district.

Later, Jamaat Ameer offered Ziarat at graveyard of Shaheed Ishtiaq Ahmed Shrabon, who embraced martyrdom on August 4 in 2024 during the student-people uprising at Anandapur of Fulgazi Upazila in the district.

In the afternoon, he exchanged views and joined lunch with family members of the martyred and injured people in the July Uprising at a convention hall in the city. 

In the late afternoon, he addressed another street rally at Daganbhuiyan Upazila in the district.