A dam in the Eron Beel area of Madhyanagar in Sunamganj has broken due to hill runoff from India, flooding hundreds of hectares of Boro paddy fields. The breach occurred on Tuesday morning when rising water pressure in the Monai River near the Indian border caused a road adjacent to Hamidpur village to collapse, allowing water to enter the fields.

Local farmers reported that 5 to 6 villages have several hundred acres of Boro crops at risk. The agriculture department stated that the affected area covers 114 hectares, of which 40 hectares have already been harvested. Residents are working to block the water flow to protect the remaining crops.

According to the Upazila Nirbahi Officer Sanjay Ghosh, the damaged structure is a village road, not a Water Development Board dam. The road was washed away by runoff descending from Durgapur in Netrokona. Around 5 to 10 hectares of land have been submerged, and efforts are underway to prevent further erosion.