2-km crack in Jessore village creates panic
Our Correspondent, Jessore
Panic has gripped several thousand people in Dalennagar and Andalpota villages in Jessore sadar upazila as a crack has developed on the earth surface of the area stretching about two kilometres.The crack is up to two feet wide and 10-14 feet deep at places, villagers told this correspondent yesterday. The area is about 20 kilometres off the district town. They said the stretch of the crack is increasing. A nor'wester blew over the area Monday evening when houses shook, possibly due to a tremor, the villagers said. The next morning they saw the long chasm on the earth surface. People offered special prayers as they thought it was a sign of a powerful tremor yet to come. Ainal Haq, headmaster of a local government primary school, said many panicked villagers are thinking leaving homes. Jessore Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Abdul Wazed visited the area yesterday. He told the villagers that he will inform authorities concerned in Dhaka about the incident and ask to send a team of seismologists to investigate the matter.
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