Losses and Damages Caused by Flood as of October 4, 1998

1.Total area affected by flood – about 100,000sq.km.
(Area of Bangladesh is 148,393sq.km.)

2.Total shortfall of production will be about 2.2 million MT

3.Number of Districts – 52

4.Number of Police Stations –366

5.Number of Affected Union Parishad – 3, 323

6.Number of Affected People – 30,916,351

7.Affected Standing Crops in Acre – 1,423,320

8.Number of Affected Homesteads – 980,571

9.Number of Deaths – 918

10.Cattle heads killed – 26,564

11.Road Damaged (km)– 15,927

12.Embankment Damaged (km)– 4,528

13.Number of Damaged Bridge /Culverts– 6,890

14.Number of Educational Institutions – 1,718

15.Number of Flood Shelters – 2,716

16.Number of People taking refuge – 1,049,525

NB: 52 Districts of the country have been affected more or less till today as on
OCTOBER 4,1998. The latest situation of the flood-hit districts is as follows:

1.The flood situation has turned normal now in all the affected 52 districts due
to receding of water.

2.According to the latest report, total death tolls in flood affected districts stand
918.

3.The total sanction in flood affected areas till OCTOBER 04, 1998 stands at 5
crore and 17 lakh 75 thousand Taka and 91,062 MT of rice & 750 MT Wheat
worth of taka 128 crore 53 lakh and 68 thousand. In addition to that 1 crore
and 40 lakh taka in cash has been sanctioned from Prime Minister's Relief
and welfare Fund for the flood victims

Numerical Expressions Used:

One Lakh= 1,00,000
Ten Lakh= 10,00,000
Ten Lakh= one million
One Crore= Ten million
One Crore= 1,00,00,000