DHAKA, -- Shrimps and fish worth 74 million taka (about 1.07 million U.S. dollars) were washed away by flood caused by incessant rains in Bangladesh's Satkhira district, 190 km southwest of the capital Dhaka, local daily The Daily Star reported Saturday.

Several hundred people were marooned during the period, district administration sources said.

Due to the incessant rains, over 2,000 shrimp enclosures and 200 ponds were overflowed in the district.

In total, shrimps worth about 50 million taka (725,000 dollars) and about 600 metric tons of fish were damaged, causing loss of 24 million taka (348,000 dollars).

Rains affected about 16,000 families during the last four days.

The extent of damage is likely to increase if water does not recede within one or two days, local people said.

Affected people have urged the authorities concerned to take immediate measures to drain out rainwater.