Floods cause damages worth Tk 59.73b

State Minister for Disaster Management and Relief Md Enamur Rahman on Tuesday said floods have caused damages worth Tk 59.73 billion so far in Bangladesh this year.

As many as 33 out of the 64 districts were inundated, while people in 40 districts suffered due to four spells of flooding, said the state minister .

The floods have damaged houses and other buildings, domestic animals, crop fields, fisheries, roads, bridges and dams among other things.

The ministries will chalk up a rehabilitation plan based on the damage, Enamur said in a media briefing at the Secretariat in Dhaka on Tuesday.