Ehsanul Haque Jasim :Although the floodwater has started to recede from the northern region of the country, the flood situation, however, has further deteriorated in some places of central districts while it remained static in the eastern region.According to the Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre (FFWC), the overall flood situation in Kurigram, Gaibandha, Jamalpur, Bogra, Sirajganj districts in the North and North-western part and Sylhet, Sunamganj Netrokona in north-eastern part may likely to improve while Manikganj, Rajbari, Munshiganj, Shariatpur districts in the central part of the country may take time for two to three days to improve. Md Arifuzzaman Bhuiyan, Sub-Divisional Engineer and Duty Officer of the FFWC, on Monday said that the floodwater started to recede from the north region, but the swelling river of the central parts inundated several areas. That flood situation has deteriorate in Munshiganj, Rajbari, Shariatpur and Faridpur due to upstream water from the north, he said, adding that situation may improve within 1-2 days across the country.Many houses, structures, trees and crops were washed away by floodwaters in different flood-hit areas. The flood victims in the areas are passing their days in extreme misery amid an acute crisis of food and pure drinking water and apprehension of spreading waterborne diseases like diarrhoea. The flood-hit poor people are now desperately looking for relief.Local sources said erosion has taken a serious turn in many places of major rivers, causing immense sufferings to the people.Water levels in 20 river stations monitored by the FFWC marked rises and 56 stations recorded falls on Monday. Among the 85 monitored water level stations, nine river stations have been registered steady while 22 stations have been recorded flowing above danger level.According to the FFWC, the Brahmaputra was in falling trend, while the Jamuna was in steady state. The Brahmaputra and the Jamuna may likely to fall in next 72 hours. The Ganges was in falling trend which may likely to continue in next 96 hours. The Padma was in steady state which may likely to fall in next 72 hours.The rivers in North-eastern part of the country were in falling trend which may continue to fall in next 72hours. The rivers around Dhaka city may remain steady in next 72 hours. In Jamalpur, fresh areas in the district were inundated on Monday due water of the upstream. About 2,57,611 people in 53 unions out of 68 in the district were affected by the flood.The flood suspended classes of 111 primary schools and floodwater entered in the compound of 155 more primary schools. Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Office said that with standing crops on 16,280 hectares of land of the district were submerged in the flood.In Kurigram, the DAE sources said that standing T-Aman on 23,295 hectares of land and vegetables on 150 hectares have been submerged in the district. Villagers in different parts of the district are starving due to want of food, relief goods and drinking water. On the other, the owners of cattle in the flood-affected areas find no grasses to feed their livestock.In Gaibandha, T-Aman on 14,938 hectres and vegetables on 134 hectres have been submerged in the district. Over 3 lakh people of the district have been marooned in the flood. Many of the flood victims have taken shelter on the nearby primary schools and flood control embankment and were passing their days miserably with their belongings including domestic animals and poultry birds for want of food and drinking water and fodder.In Sylhet, our Correspondent reports that the flood victims in different areas of the district are facing severe crisis of food and pure drinking water. The farmers have lost crops in the prolonged flooding.
