Jashore, Aug. 22 -- What was once a mosaic of fertile fields and vibrant villages in Bhabodah of Jashore district has now been swallowed by weeks of floodwater, showing no sign of receding!

More than five lakh people in over 150 villages across Jashore and Khulna districts are trapped in a worsening humanitarian crisis, their homes, schools, farmland and livelihoods devastated.

The deluge, triggered by torrential July rainfall, has been compounded by years of river siltation, poor drainage and what locals describe as 'decades of mismanagement'.

The worst-hit areas are Abhaynagar, Manirampur, and Keshabpur in Jashore and Dumuria and Phultala in Khulna.

On August 7, the Bhabodah Water Management Songram Committee submitted a six-point d...